Chapter 725: Divergence
All parties are making their own calculations, and Li Zicheng is certainly not idle, and is even more nervously discussing how to deal with it.
Li Zicheng's life was even more difficult, not only was the supply of materials, grain and grass more stretched, but also after getting Lu Shi's attack, he got the bad news brought back by the food team, that is, Hong Chengchou, who was blocked in Henan, also began to dispatch frequently, and the target was no longer Chen Che, who was under Lu Shi in Tongguan, but the main force of the army faced his own channel. And the most incomprehensible thing is that Chen Che, the general under Lu Shi, not only no longer guards against Hong Chengchou, the great enemy of Lu Shi, but instead switches and lets businessmen go back and forth to collude with Zhang Yuan, a businessman who is responsible for logistics in the official army, and the most worthy of Li Zicheng's vigilance is that since Lu Shi has only colluded with the enemy's officials and soldiers for money, of course he should not cut off his business, but the situation is just the opposite, that Chen Che is strictly forbidden to pass by the merchant and his brother who is collecting grain.
What does all this mean? Obviously, it shows that the thief Lu Shi has betrayed his colleagues and colluded with the officials and soldiers to control himself to death.
All kinds of signs showed that the situation was becoming more and more unfavorable for Li Zicheng, so early in the morning, Li Zicheng gathered his trusted generals again for a meeting that had not been discussed yesterday.
Yesterday's meeting was held until the second half of the night, when the rooster crowed, after the meeting ended, everyone turned back to their tents, but just took a nap, they were called again, and their hearts were really not very happy. However, as a high-level officer, everyone also knew that the situation of their army was already quite dangerous, so they had to get up, organize their clothes and armor, and gather together again to discuss the important issue of the army's behavior.
In fact, this issue has already begun to be debated when the old fairy brought Lu Shi's thief to attack, but the argument has not come to a conclusion.
It would not be right to say that there is no result, but that there is no unified result.
Now there are three suggestions among the generals, the first is to avoid Lu Shifengrui, the army breaks through to the south, breaks Hong Chengchou's blockade, and kills into Henan to eat.
In recent years, although there has been a severe drought in Shanxi in northern Shaanxi, Hubei and Henan, which are separated from several mountain ranges, are relatively less affected, and there is still food available there.
The first is that most of the army is from Shaanxi, and they have made great gains in plundering in Shanxi, and everyone has a homesick heart.
Second, to put it bluntly, everyone also looked at the base run by Lu Shi, and everyone was greedy, plus bullying Lu Shi was also a pole, or a new one, it was easier to take him down.
Third, precisely because Henan and Hubei were less affected by the disaster, the supply of the officers and troops in those two provinces was relatively more adequate than that of Shaanxi, Shanxi, and other places, and their combat effectiveness was relatively stronger. After all, everyone is still a pole, although they have been dealing with the officials and the army all these years, but there is a natural fear in their hearts, and their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the officers and soldiers, which is why the righteous army represented by Li Zicheng cannot live in one place for a long time and wander around.
However, it was everyone's decision to stab the knife from their colleagues to pick up the cheap, but they stabbed the iron wall on the copper wall, not only breaking the treasure knife, but also hitting the head and breaking the blood and causing serious injuries. Now that I think of Lu Shi's combat power, all the intentions and palpitations can't explain the problem.
So this time, although there are two natural enemies of the righteous army, Hong Chengchou and He Renlong, in the south, but the relatively aggressive Lu Shi, everyone chooses the lesser of two evils, so there is the above opinion that advocates going south, this opinion is represented by Yuan Zhongdi, and Liu Fangliang echoed it.
The second opinion is that if you stick to the spot, with your own 100,000 horses, if you rely on the terrain that this mountain is not conducive to cavalry, first fight a positional battle with Lu Shi, and then wait for his sharp spirit to dissipate, everyone is agitating the army to attack with all their strength and wipe out Lu Shi in this Shangluo Mountain.
According to this optimistic prospect, the general who put forward this opinion has reason to look forward to the future - kill Lu Shi, and Lu Shi's base will be leaderless, and then take advantage of this opportunity to once again agitate the army to enter Shaanxi and directly take over Lu Shi's foundation, at that time, he will be the king of the world.
This faction is headed by Liu Zhongmin, the chief sentinel,
There is also a faction that proposes that what Lu Shi has done is very reasonable, not to mention that everyone is a righteous army, and they are brothers with the same spirit, so it is better to send someone to talk to Lu Shi, explain the last misunderstanding, and strive for Lu Shi's forgiveness, and then think of using the money in his hand to buy some grain and grass with Lu Shi, and then everyone will be the world.
The basis for this proposal is that the last time the late King Gao Yingxiang attacked the base of Lu Shi, he also offended him fiercely, but after Lu Shi defeated Gao Yingxiang, no matter what the reason, in the so-called pursuit, he did not attack Gao Yingxiang, the king of Da Chuang, not only did not start, but gave a lot of financial convenience, so that the late King Gao Yingxiang could recover his vitality, and cross the Yellow River into the rich Shanxi in one go, and became the leader of the coalition in Shanxi with the strength in his hands.
What does this mean? It shows that although Lu Shi does not want or want anyone else to peep into his foundation, his heart is still kind, and his original intention is to take care of his colleagues, so as long as he sends someone to say something sincerely, he will definitely obtain Lu Shi's understanding, and the two families will join forces to fight the world.
This faction is headed by the old immortal and Tian Jianxiu.
In fact, no matter which opinion is, Li Zicheng is in a dilemma, because these three opinions almost represent the three largest forces in the current rebel army, and these three forces are the ones Li Zicheng can't offend the most, and he can't afford to offend at this time.
The supporters of the first article represent Mrs. Gao in the old camp, that is, the original Gao Yingxiang's centaur faction, whether it is Yuan Zhongdi or Gao Yigong, they are all relatives of Mrs. Gao, and his own 100,000 Mali is almost half of the original Gao Yingxiang's people represented by Mrs. Gao. They follow Li Zicheng, in fact, it is better to follow Mrs. Gao, which is the department that Li Zicheng has always had a headache for.
Li Zicheng actually wanted to rectify them after receiving them in Ji County, but with Mrs. Gao and Gao Yigong and other generals supporting him, he wanted to use radical means to rectify them, which was simply a way to bring about his own destruction, so he could only slowly figure it out.
The second is Li Zicheng's own inner thoughts.
Lu Shi led the troops to fight with him this time, but it was out of spring ploughing immediately, afraid that he would lead the troops to him to grab food, and in fact, in this desperate training method, he actually really had the idea of one day taking 100,000 troops to the west and fighting with Lu Shi, but he didn't expect Lu Shi to strike first uncharacteristically this time and caught himself off guard.
And although the second opinion was put forward by Liu Zhongmin, it is more in line with Li Zicheng's thoughts, Lu Shi's combat power is indeed terrifying, but I don't know what stupidity Lu Shi has committed, it may also be that he believes in his own strength too much, and despises Li Zicheng's own strength too much, and it is only the cavalry that he is in this dispatch, and the position he is in now is the nemesis of the cavalry, this forest valley is not at all open for the cavalry, especially the heavy grain and grass, which is even more inconvenient to transport, making it difficult for Lu Shi to last. As long as he takes the army that has been trained and has been formed, relies on the mountainous terrain to resist stubbornly for a few days, and waits for Lu Shi's grain and grass to be exhausted, then, as Liu Zhongmin said, it is not impossible to kill back to Shaanxi again.
However, this opinion occupies the smallest number of senior generals in the entire army.
And the third opinion simply distorted Li Zicheng's nose, which is an insult to himself and a condition that must not be agreed.
Not to mention anything else, it is a joint army of the two families, and the condition given to Lu Shi is absolutely that he obeys his orders with him. This is what Li Zicheng will not agree to no matter what.
However, although this article was only an initiative of the old immortals on the surface, it was actually the wish of the ordinary soldiers of almost the eighth floor, especially all the other pole subordinates who had been adopted by Ji County.
For them, going to Lu Shi, having a field and a land to plant, this is enough, for farmers, isn't this everyone's dream?
It is precisely this force that makes Li Zicheng have to deal with it carefully and dare not take half a wrong step. Because he knows that as long as one is not handled well, then the immediate mutiny and dissolution of the gang is an inevitable end.
The dilemma of dilemma is the true portrayal of Li Zicheng at this time. Looking at the generals who were still arguing, Li Zicheng sometimes wondered if he hadn't been greedy to put away these ownerless poles, but just his old subordinates, would the situation be much better than now? I think that at the beginning, although I discussed things with everyone in front of my subordinates, but in the end I decided by myself, as long as I made the decision, the whole army would act quickly like a finger, or walk or fight, without the slightest drag and water, where will it be like this?
Seeing that everyone was arguing again, Li Zicheng impatiently knocked on the edge of the brazier with his chopsticks, and the sound of the bell finally noticed Li Zicheng, who had been silent all the time, but his face was pale.
"Forget it, if we continue to quarrel like this, the thief Lu Shi will hit us in front of us." looked at the big tent that became silent when he saw that he was angry, and said with a gloomy face: "Now, no matter how we go, we must make a decision as soon as possible, and if we continue to quarrel like this, we can only let the fighter plane lose in our quarrel, and we must unify one opinion." ”
"King Da Chuang is right." Liu Zhongmin echoed at the time: "But our top priority is to divide the battalion, immediately separate the battalion from the old battalion, and prepare for the battle." ”
As soon as this statement came out, it was approved by everyone.
The whole rebel army, when there was no war, was a joint camp, one family, the army as a whole seemed to be a huge refugee camp, only when the war started, or when it was transferred, the battalion action, the front battalion soldiers, the rear battalion old and weak, the siege of the city, the front battalion old and weak, the rear battalion soldiers, this is all convenient for the purpose of the battle arrangement.
Now, the war is imminent, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, the news of Lu Shi's attack was not revealed, so now, everyone is still living together, and once the war starts, the consequences will be disastrous.
"Okay, everyone hurry back to the camps, immediately-" As soon as Li Zicheng said this, the big tent door was suddenly slammed open, and a figure rushed in with arrows and shouted: "King Da Chuang, the enemy is attacking-"