After everyone in the camp had lunch, they went to the inner hall to participate in the military meeting. Li Zicheng did not sit in the first seat, but wore a sheepskin jacket, folded his hands, and stood in front of the map hanging on the wall, thinking intently.
Li Laiheng walked into the inner hall and saw that most of the people were here. His adoptive father Li Guo was also sitting in the hall. He first stepped in to say goodbye to Liu Zongmin and Tian Jianxiu, "The chief whistleblower and the second whistleblower are here.
The battle this time is quite big."
Liu Zongmin laughed twice, tugged at his tangled beard with his fingers, threw the sword on the table, leaned back on the chair with a golden sword, and said: "I've been holding it in the mountains for a fucking year.
If there are too many, it’s time to kill them and eat them."
"Laiheng, just call Jiexuan uncle to me. There is no need for the chief whistleblower, the second whistleblower is so lively." Liu Zongmin is a big horse with a golden sword, while Tian Jianxiu is still kind.
He handed Li Laiheng a cup of tea and asked him to sit down.
Li Laiheng took the tea and held it in his hand. He waited for Liu Zongmin and Tian Jianxiu to take their seats before slowly walking over to Li Guo and sitting down at the table next to Gao Yigong.
After the generals in the camp took their seats one by one, Li Zicheng still stood majestically in front of the map, silent, staring at the mountains and rivers on the map, wondering what he was thinking. His expression was serious, which made the atmosphere in the hall tense.
He became much more nervous, and even the most imposing Liu Zongmin closed his mouth and said nothing.
After Gao Yigong saw Li Laiheng sitting down, he leaned close to his ear, lowered his voice to the lowest level, and asked in a low voice: "Laiheng, the master has been looking at the map all day, what do you think is going on?"
Li Laiheng knew that Gao Yigong could read words, so he dipped his index finger into some tea and wrote the word "just wait" on the table. Gao Yigong understood and stopped talking. Everyone's eyes were focused on Li Zicheng's back.
The old palmist looked at the map for a while, then pressed his palm on the surface of the map. After about a few cups of tea, he finally turned his head. He said to the leaders above the camp management team in a low voice: "Brothers, please wait.
It will take a long time, Cao Cao wants to fight such a big battle, and Yang Sichang also wants to fight such a big battle, so we will accompany him and the two elders to fight and fight."
Li Zicheng finally took his seat. He sat on the chief chair, pointed at the map, and said: "Brothers who broke into the camp have been hiding in the mountains for too long. People outside have forgotten our reputation of crossing the Three Qin Dynasties and besieging Chengdu. It's time.
Let everyone, go out for a walk in the mountains, use your muscles and bones, and tell the world that I, Li Zicheng, am not dead yet, and our Eighth Army of Chuangying Lao is still carrying this banner!"
Everyone applauded, and Li Shuangxi was even more excited. He hurriedly expressed his plan to fight early, fight hard, and fight with all his strength. But Li Laiheng heard the implication of Li Zicheng's words and said that of course he would fight.
They wanted to fight, but Li Zicheng's intention was that fighting was obviously secondary. Re-announcement of the existence of the Chuangying Laoba Team to the outside world was the main thing.
Sure enough, Li Shuangxi just said a few words about breaking into the camp: "The whole battalion must be dispatched", "The whole battalion must be mobilized", "The leader must take the lead", and "The main force of the ninth battalion", which made Li Zicheng deny it.
"Double Happiness, the strength of the camp is limited, we must not hurt the backbone due to temporary anger. Fighting must be fought, of course we have to make a big fuss, but how to make a fuss depends on what Yang Sichang proposes.
, how does my brother Luo want to cook it?"
Li Zicheng stood up. He simply took the map off the wall, laid it flat on the table, and asked everyone to gather in a circle to look at the map.
"You see, the Eighth Battalion of Hun Cao and us are all in the west of Jingzhou Prefecture, while the official army is concentrated in the middle of Jingzhou. On our side, we camped in Yiling, which is closest to the official army and most to the east and south.
Cao Ying is in Xingshan County northwest of Yiling, and other tribes such as Huntianxing and Huaguansuo are distributed in Guizhou, Yuan'an and other places between Chuangying and Cao Ying. Don't worry about Guizhou, it is in our
The west side of the army is in the rear, and Yuan'an County is directly north of Yiling. Like us, it is likely to be the first strike of the official army."
"I know Wang Guangen of Huaguan Suo who is stationed in Yuan'an very well. He is like a loach. The officers and soldiers can't catch him, but we can't count on this loach to help. So what Cao Cao wants is for us to simply get out of the way of Yiling and
Yuan'an, let the troops come in."
When Liu Zongmin heard this, he slammed the table and cursed: "Damn Luo Rucai, does he want us to abandon Laoying Village with just one sentence!"
Seeing Liu Zongmin's anger, Li Shuangxi felt a little more confident, so he put forward his idea of "keeping the enemy out of the country" and said: "Master, since we want to make a name for ourselves and show prestige, how can we not do it yet?"
If we start a war, we will abandon the stronghold! I think we should give the army a hard attack east of Yiling."
Li Laiheng was very dissatisfied with Li Shuangxi's strategy of "keeping the enemy out of the country". However, he had been offered some help and support by Li Shuangxi before, so it was not convenient for him to directly oppose it. After thinking about it, he decided on Gao Yigong
He whispered a few words in his ear, asking Gao Yigong to give him some advice. His movements were concealed, but no one noticed. Li Guo, who was sitting close, only squinted his eyes and noticed Li Laiheng's silent mouth movements.
"Master, I think what Cao Cao means makes sense." Gao Yigong secretly nodded to Li Laiheng, then stood up and said, "He wants us and Wang Guangen to abandon Yiling and Yuan'an. I'm afraid he wants to lure the enemy deeper. General
The army was led into the deep mountains of western Hubei and set up an ambush."
Li Zicheng looked at Gao Yigong and nodded approvingly, but he also glanced at Li Laiheng, "Yes, Cao Cao wants to lure the enemy deeper. I think he even wants to abandon his old camp in Xingshan. But..."
"But this time the army is not as strong as before. It is very strong. I think it can be divided into a large triangle and a small triangle, a two-layer arrangement."
"The Great Triangle means looking at the big picture and the overall situation. Yang Sichang mobilized three troops under the governor of Sichuan, the governor of Huguang, and the governor of Pianyuan to encircle and suppress us from three sides: Three Gorges, Jingzhou, and Yuezhou."
"The small triangle refers to Yang Sichang's specific deployment of troops in the west of Jingzhou Prefecture for this encirclement and suppression campaign. He took Jingmen as the center and deployed his troops in three places: Dongjingmen to the east, Dangyang in the north, and Yidu in the south.
In the shape of a horn, it is like a small triangle."
Gao Yigong nodded. He felt that Li Laiheng had guessed and figured out Li Zicheng's thoughts very accurately. What Li Zicheng said was the same as what Li Laiheng had just told him quietly, so he added and explained: "The master is right. Jingmen,
Dangyang and Yidu are both on the riverside, and from Dangyang and Yidu, you can directly reach Yuan'an, Yiling, and Xingshan by water. Yang Sichang's arrangement is probably to prevent us from ambushing the officers and soldiers in the mountains."
Li Guo glanced at Li Laiheng again, then after Gao Yigong sat down, he said slowly: "Cao Cao's plan is good, but Yang Sichang may not follow his script."
In fact, from a purely military perspective, Li Laiheng's vision of the problem was definitely not as sharp as that of Liu Zongmin, Li Guo or even Li Shuangxi. But he grasped Li Zicheng's psychology and knew that Li Zicheng's intention was to gain a reputation by allying with Cao Ying, but he could not be controlled by Cao Ying.
, cannot lose too much backbone strength. From this perspective, he can more easily get close to Li Zicheng's ideas.
Sure enough, Li Zicheng sat down with great satisfaction. He grabbed the iconic half-broken arrow again, pointed the arrow at the location of Yiling on the map, and said: "Yes, Luo Rucai designed it very cleverly, but Yang Sichang may not follow him."
He leaves."
"If we abandon Yiling and the whole battalion retreats to Xingshan and joins forces with Cao Cao's camp, I think the official army may only send a vanguard team into the mountain and leave troops to guard Yiling, echoing back and forth to support each other, then it will be difficult for Cao Cao
Destroyed most of them."
"What I mean is that after all, we have requests from Cao Ying, and we also need Cao Cao's support with some equipment, mules, and horses. We cannot completely ignore Cao Ying's opinions. We can listen to Luo Rucai and abandon Yiling and withdraw into the mountains to the west, but we cannot
Completely allow the officers and soldiers to occupy Yiling, build camps and strongholds here, and garrison troops to collect grain."
Li Zicheng placed the half-broken arrow on the table, looked at Liu Zongmin, and said sincerely: "Jixuan, I have an important task that I want to entrust to you."
Liu Zongmin was rough and heroic, but he was just a man who liked killing and fighting, and did not lack military acumen. He immediately understood Li Zicheng's intention and replied: "Zicheng, you want to divide the troops and let me leave a force to guard them."
Are you going to take the army's retreat near Yiling?"
"That's right. I guess someone like Wang Guangen, who is like a loach, will not obey all Cao Cao's orders. He will definitely leave some troops near Yuan'an. Let's divide one of our troops and stay in Yiling. After the official army comes,
, Jiexuan, you will lead your troops to retreat north and join forces with Wang Guangen."
"After Cao Cao's main force surrounds the main force of the army in the mountains, the officers and soldiers will definitely urge the reinforcements from Yiling, Yuan'an and other places to rush into the mountains for support. At that time, Jiexuan, you and Wang Guangen will act together to attack Yiling and cut off the government.
The army's rear route. Let's use the triangle to break the triangle, and use the three points of Xingshan, Yiling, and Yuan'an to make a dumpling for the officers and soldiers to try."
"Leghorn..."
Li Zicheng suddenly called Li Laiheng's name, which surprised him. However, Li Laiheng reacted immediately, and it seemed that his mission was about to be finalized.
"Laiheng, Yigong, Baiwang and your three teams will also follow Jiexuan. There is no need to retreat to the west. When the official army comes, retreat north to find Wang Guangen. We will try to encircle and annihilate the official army in Xingshan and lure the Yiling guards.
When the army is dispatched, you will cut off the retreat of the officers and soldiers and make a big dumpling!"
Liu Zongmin and his deputy Gu Kecheng stood up together and shouted "obey orders". Then Gao Yigong and Bai Wang also stood up. Seeing this, Li Laiheng followed suit. The three of them clasped their fists together and intervened, also shouting
: "As you command!"
Li Zicheng breathed a sigh of relief. He made this decision with great determination. Luo Rucai's original intention was to annihilate all the officers and soldiers, but in Li Zicheng's view, it was difficult for Luo Rucai's plan to annihilate all the officers and soldiers. But he
He couldn't slap the rebel leader Luo Rucai in the face, and he opposed Luo Rucai's opinion, so he came up with the idea of patching it himself, so that he could truly fight a battle of annihilation and show off his power of breaking into the camp.
However, to turn Luo Rucai's Xingshan ambush battle into a far larger Xing, Yuan, and Yi annihilation battle, and to turn the battle of Xiaoxingshan into the battle of Daxingshan, the difficulty faced has also increased sharply.
What's more, after the rebels unite, although the number of troops has reached 10,000, the number of front-line troops that can really be put into the battlefield may only be more than 6,000. The official army Chu soldiers are at least 6,000, the Sichuan soldiers are at least 4,000, and the Yuan soldiers may also be in the second half.
More than a thousand, the front-line troops put into the battlefield may reach more than 8,000.
Six thousand versus eight thousand, this is a pot of raw rice. If it’s raw, it’s raw, and you have to eat it!