Two days later, Li Zhihe also led more than a dozen guards to Jingzikou to meet Han Qian.

"I've seen Du Chongtao, the defense envoy, he didn't say much from beginning to end, but the others gossiped and said all kinds of reasons, all of which disagreed with the Dragon Bird Army to defend the three counties of Dengxi, and hoped that we would camp at the western foot of Dahong Mountain!"

Li Zhihe walked into the walled courtyard that Han Qian made people to reorganize a little, and saw that the walled courtyard was to enclose a relatively intact square courtyard in the town, and plugged the gap in the broken square wall with a wooden fence wall, and also made a lot of horses and antlers on the outside to prevent a large number of soldiers and horses from approaching the walled courtyard, so that the soldiers and horses could make up for the entry over.

Li Zhihe handed over the snow-covered big and horse whips to Hu Wei, and the big horse sat down in front of the brazier burning with charcoal, and talked about the result of his solo entry into Xiangzhou City to see Du Chongtao, and said,

"The rhetoric is nothing more than the north of the Han River, worried that His Highness is in danger of encountering the enemy, and Xiangzhou cannot afford to take responsibility......"

"Although Du Chongtao did not express his position directly, what others said should also be his attitude." Han Qian stared at the burning charcoal in the stone basin and said slowly.

"No matter what kind of mentality Du Chongtao has, but if we really agree that the Dragon Bird Army is camped at the western foot of Dahong Mountain, this location is located on the east bank of the Han River, in the southeast of Xiangzhou City, south of Zaoyang, and is actually located in the southernmost part of the entire Deng Xiang defense line, and further south is Yingzhou," Li Zhihe saw that Han Qian's book had a topographic map of Deng Xiang, spread out the topographic map, pointed out the location where Du Chongtao wanted them to be stationed, and said, "Du Chongtao actually wants to use the Dragon Bird Army as the rear army for this western flank to gather troops and horses. Maybe I don't think the Dragon Sparrow Army can have any combat effectiveness at all, maybe there are other factors at work! ”

Li Zhihe hated to hammer his fist, he was unwilling to accept this arrangement, but currently in Xiangzhou, he could only come to Han Qian to discuss the matter.

"yes, but then it's too different from what we thought." Han Qian frowned and said, he also felt that it was quite tricky.

Emperor Tianyou was still sober, and did not directly appoint him as the commander of the troops and horses on the western flank because the third prince Yang Yuanpu was his blood son, but only recruited the deputy envoy of the northwest camp, and the envoy of the camp was still served by Du Chongtao, the defense envoy of Deng Xiang who was experienced and had outstanding military achievements.

Therefore, after the Longque Army arrived in Xiangzhou, it still had to be controlled by Du Chongtao.

Even so, when Han Qian left Jinling, he discussed with Li Pu, Marquis of Xinchang, and Li Zhihe, hoping that after the Longque Army arrived in Xiangzhou, the three princes could fight for the command in a certain direction as much as possible, and they must not shrink to the bottom of the entire defense line to act as a rear army.

In addition to military merits and the personal prestige considerations of the third prince Yang Yuanpu, the Dragon Bird Army also needs to go through the tempering of iron and blood in order to truly become a strong army.

In terms of influence, whether the Dragon Sparrow Army is a weak or strong army will directly affect the attitude of others towards them.

"You have a lot of ideas, what's the best idea?"

Li Zhihe rubbed his hands, roasted his hands on the brazier, and eased his frozen hands, it was really uncomfortable to be tired and cold on such a cold day, staring at Han Qian and asking,

"The first army of soldiers and horses has entered the Hanshui, and it will be able to reach Xiangzhou in a few days, but the third prince will delay for half a month, if the first army and horses will be stationed at the western foot of Dahong Mountain according to Du Chongtao's arrangement, many plans will not be implemented."

The plan they initially discussed, after the first army entered Xiangzhou, Han Qian assisted Li Zhihe to lead the advance along the Danjiang Valley Road to the northwest, becoming the vanguard of the southward movement of the soldiers and horses in the Liang State Pass.

Li Zhihe took out the frozen hard wheat cake from his arms, tore off a small piece, chewed it very hard, looked back at Tian Cheng standing aside, and said, "Help me cook a bowl of hot soup." ”

Li Zhihe is the first capital of the Dragon Bird Army, and his nominal status is second only to Chen De, the deputy commander, Shen Yang, the chief of history, and Guo Cong, the envoy of the supervising army, but Li Pu, the Marquis of Xinchang, is not in the army, in fact, with his highest status, he also knows at this time that Tian Cheng is the head of the Zuo Si military room arranged by Han Qian, but asking Tian Cheng to help bring a bowl of hot soup over is not contemptible, sometimes it is a kind of closeness.

Han Qian frowned when he saw Li Zhihe chewing dry wheat cakes, and said with a smile: "We have been here for two days, although we can't arrange any delicacies from the mountains and seas, but the hot noodle soup can still be served-don't be impatient." ”

"I'm so hungry." Li Zhihe rubbed his hands and said.

Han Qian motioned for Tian Cheng to also sit over and talk about things, and arranged for others to do the chores, muttered for a while, and said to Li Zhihe: "We can actually ignore what Du Chongtao thinks. ”

"The soldiers and horses on the western flank are all gathered in Xiangzhou, under the control of Du Chongtao, if we don't listen to his orders and go north without authorization, they will inevitably cut off the supply of grain and grass and force us to retreat, or can you solve these problems?" Li Zhihe said this, but stared at Han Qian more expectantly.

Li Zhihe followed his father to fight in Jianghuai in his early years, and naturally knew that as a commander of the army, he could sometimes be a little presumptuous, not to mention that the commander of the Dragon Bird Army was Yang Yuanpu, the third prince, who could be more presumptuous in front of Du Chongtao.

The Dragon Bird Army did not obey Du Chongtao's orders and acted without authorization, so he naturally had to bear all the consequences arising from this, but Du Chongtao still dared to act against the third prince Yang Yuanpu's military law?

However, the most critical issue is the supply.

The Dragon Bird Army went north without authorization, and Du Chongtao could not send someone to arrest the third prince Yang Yuanpu, but he could cut off the supply of grain and grass and force them to retreat.

Li Zhihe naturally wanted to go north, but he had to count on Han Qian to help him solve the problem of grain and grass, especially the first batch of 2,000 elites who had entered Hanshui, plus horse feed, and needed to supply 3,000 stone of rice, beans, and other necessary materials every month.

Li Zhihe knew that the boat gang and fleet currently controlled by the Zuo Division should be able to barely guarantee such a supply intensity.

Seeing Li Zhihe's expectant eyes, Han Qian was startled, he was full of food and support, and the Zuo Division was responsible for such a heavy supply of materials, wouldn't the money and grain expenses also have to be advanced by the Zuo Division?

"What I mean, the first batch of soldiers and horses going north will be sent directly into Xiangzhou City to wait for His Highness to come." Han Qian said.

"If you don't have food, you will indulge in chaos?" Li Zhihe asked hesitantly, he could guess what Han Qian's intentions were, but he had to weigh the pros and cons.

The first batch of 2,000 elites directly entered Xiangzhou City, Du Chongtao did not give grain and grass supplies, they requisitioned grain on the spot, and disturbed Du Chongtao's foundation, but the Liang army had not yet attacked, and the western wing would make trouble and lose peace, and the impact would be relatively bad.

Moreover, Du Chongtao, as a famous general in Dachu, could not really be completely helpless in the face of military horses who did not obey orders, and they also had to consider Du Chongtao's possible reaction.

"The front is advanced to Xiangzhou, and when the third prince comes to negotiate with Du Chongtao, he can immediately arrange to enter the Danjiang River westward, at least without delay. If the army is stationed at the western foot of Dahong Mountain at this time, and the three princes come to negotiate, even if Du Chongtao agrees to the Longque Army to go north, the Longque Army will re-assemble the camp, and there will be no naval warships to help transport it, let alone delay for seven or eight days. And in the seven or eight days of delay, if Liang Guoshang and Shaanxi Prefectures have already sent additional troops and horses to Wuguan, and Du Chongtao has already reacted at that time, sent additional troops and horses on the front line of Jingzikou, and arranged the corresponding level of town generals, then the plan we drew up earlier would have failed," Han Qian said, "Of course, you still stay here with me for the time being, don't go back to Xiangzhou to negotiate with Du Chongtao, so as to save Du Chongtao from being anxious and cut off your head, then I really have no way to explain to His Royal Highness and Marquis Li." ”

Li Zhihe thought about it, he really had to act according to Han Qian's strategy, Du Chongtao could not directly hold the three princes accountable, and he would not take the military academy below, but he could not easily fall into the hands of Du Chongtao, at least before the three princes came over, it would fall into the hands of Du Chongtao.

Otherwise, he would most likely die a terrible unjust death.

At this time, the people below made two bowls of hot noodle soup and sent them over, and also spread a thick layer of red oil minced mutton and unknown chopped coriander leaves, which were fragrant.

Li Zhihe suddenly felt a wriggling stomach, and seeing that the dozen or so guards under him were also arranged, he said to Han Qian with a smile: "Your life is very beautiful, where did you get the mutton from this barren mountain and wild mountains?" ”

"I can't stop you if I have something to eat?" Han Qian said with a smile, he didn't want to tell the story too early that there were a large number of escapees hidden in the deep mountains and mountains, and urged Li Zhihe to quickly eat the mutton noodle soup and talk about it.

After eating two bowls of mutton noodle soup, Li Zhihe patted his belly with satisfaction and said, "Then we will do what you say!" Immediately, he found pen and ink to write two secret letters, and arranged for several guards to send them out as quickly as possible.