Chapter 39: The Old Man Strife

Almost at the same time, Li Guo learned the news of Yue Yang, and was a little lost for a while.

Li Guo had a prediction about how Zhang Xianbi would choose, but the time was much faster than Li Guo thought.

Li Guo has planted people in the city, and Li Guo doesn't believe that Ma Luan has not planted people? Under the condition that both sides are prepared, Zhang Xianbi has successfully completed the dedication of the city, which shows that there are subtleties in people's hearts.

Li Guo is becoming more and more optimistic about the future of Daming.

But it's useless to say anything at this time. He thought about it for a long time and finally decided to go and see Ma Luan.

"What does Marquis Li mean, don't you go to Changsha?" Ma Luan asked with some confusion.

"Definitely." Li Guo said: "Changsha must not be saved, but it cannot go down the south of Dongting Lake, so it is necessary to take a detour elsewhere and make a detour to Changsha." ”

Ma Luan said, "Is General Li afraid? ”

Li Guo said: "When marching and fighting, life and death have long been put outside the degree, there is nothing to be afraid of, but your subordinate Zhang Xianbi surrendered to the enemy, and the thieves followed." It will be unfavorable to our army, once it is restrained by the thieves, I am afraid that Zhang Xuan will immediately come from the waterway. ”

"When the time comes, it will be a fierce battle."

Ma Luan said: "In this way, wouldn't it be possible to relieve the siege of Changsha? ”

Li Guo was angry and funny for a while, and he didn't know whether to be angry at Ma Luan's stubbornness or funny at Ma Luan's loyalty. For Ma Luan, it seems that it is acceptable to relieve the siege of Changsha, and it is acceptable to pay some price, even if the price is himself.

But Li Guo was not very loyal.

No matter how much Longwu pushes his heart. Li Guo was moved, but when he did things, he was still driven by interests.

So when he can maintain his strength, Li Guo will not work hard easily. It was precisely because Li Guo knew Zhang Xuan's ability that he was not interested in fighting Zhang Xuan on the east side of Dongting Lake.

But that's not the way to go.

Li Guo said earnestly: "Master Ma, the number of victories and defeats depends not only on our side, but also on other places. And in all battles, before we think about victory, we will have the power of the army. Once defeated, from Yueyang to Changsha, the thieves will no longer be hindered. At that time, Changsha will be even more crisis. ”

Ma Luan is also somewhat self-aware.

First of all, his cognition of the art of war is more on paper. Secondly, his Yueyang army is more loyal than the battalion. I don't know how much it is missing, the only two generals who can show their hands, Huang Chaoxuan and Zhang Xianbi, have surrendered to the enemy. It made Ma Luan a little timid and didn't dare to speak.

Ma Luan said: "In this case, please ask Master Hou to give orders, and I will let the people below obey the orders." ”

"Okay." Li Guo said.

After Li Guo and Ma Luan discussed, the readjusted route should deviate from the radiation range of Dongting Lake.

But a radius of hundreds of miles

The water flow will flow into the Dongting Lake, and it is impossible to completely eliminate the radiation of the water flow of the Dongting Lake.

It's just that sometimes, the relationship between Li Guo and Ma Luan is far less than the relationship between Zhang Xuan and Cao Zongyu.

Cao Zongyu and Zhang Xuan did not communicate with each other at all. Hit a match.

"Report." Someone hurried in, knelt on the ground, and said, "An army of thieves has appeared ten miles to the north. ”

Li Guo stood up abruptly and said, "How many people are there, and who is the leader?" ”

"It seems, it seems to be ---" The scout glanced at Ma Luan and said, "It seems to be General Zhang Xianbi's department." ”

"What." Ma Luan almost jumped up and said, "How dare he do this?" I have to kill him. ”

In fact, Zhang Xianbi didn't want to do this.

But as a person who has just surrendered, there is still a petition for nomination. Cao Zongyu gave Zhang Xianbi an almost unavoidable reward.

First of all, Zhang Xianbi's whole army was rewarded, and then the army pressed the formation behind, and even drew out one or two thousand cavalry. Always ready to answer.

He was even promised that no matter whether he won or lost, as long as he was after this battle. He was immediately promoted.

Zhang Xianbi didn't dare to toast, didn't eat and punish.

Ten miles away, it looks far away. But on the battlefield, it is already a very close position.

The Dongting Lake to the west is sparkling, and on the shore, the scouts are already clashing.

Zhang Xianbi had thousands of people standing by the lake.

At the front is a slip of artillery, there are no Hongyi cannons, most of them are tiger squat cannons, Franc machine guns.

These cannons are just part of Cao Zongyu's encouragement to Zhang Xianbi.

After that, 3,000 soldiers lined up neatly, most of these soldiers were from Yunnan, and they were a little short. But one looked much more fierce. Small people are not necessarily easy to mess with.

"Brothers." Zhang Xianbi said: "General Cao, I have already given enough silver. Today is also the time for us to serve. ”

For the vast majority of the Ming army, it is actually not impossible to fight.

But the silver was not given enough, and each soldier in the Chongzhen period was paid eighteen taels of silver a year, and many times it was insufficient. During the Southern Ming Dynasty, the financial gap was even greater, and such a salary could not be afforded.

It's like working overtime in the future.

As long as enough money is given, Chinese are not unable to work overtime.

Although he had only just defected to the past, Cao Zongyu strictly checked the empty salary, compiled the roster, and sprinkled a lot of silver. Anyway, all this silver was obtained from Yueyang City.

And the money was sent directly to the people below with the register.

Many of the soldiers had not seen so much silver in a long time.

Where there is silver, there is morale. Don't think of the soldiers below as noble, most of them are for

to support his family, even if he increases the weight a little, at most it is just for the sake of glory and wealth, promotion and wealth.

When the money was sufficient, their morale immediately exploded.

In fact, this is also the reason why the Ming army was not very capable of fighting under the command of the Ming Dynasty, and as soon as it was in the hands of the Qing court, it was immediately able to fight.

"Zhang Xianbi." There was a shout, but it was a large group of Ming sergeants who came over surrounded by a person.

"How is my Maluan to you? Entrusting Yueyang City to you, are you repaying me like this? ”

Zhang Xianbi sneered, not caring at all.

But he heard many soldiers on the opposite side repeating Ma Luan's words loudly, almost scolding.

"Zhang Thief, you despicable villain, a white-eyed wolf who can't be raised,---" For a while, someone who seemed to be shouting seemed to add some other elements to it, and in an instant, the voice walked down to the third stream.

Zhang Xianbi sneered, lifted the reins, and walked out with a few guards, and when he said a word, the guards around him shouted, saying, "Yes, your eldest son Ma is just treating me as a dog." It's not a dog to be a dog, to be a dog to Ma Dagongzi, it's not enough for a dog in a lifetime, but to be a dog in Daxia, you can also be a gong dog in the future, maybe you can have a knighthood. What does Master Ma think? ”

Ma Luan was so angry that his blood surged, and he could barely breathe for a while. Ma Luan gritted his teeth and said, "Beat the drum and march." ”

This matter was requested by Ma Luan on his own initiative.

Because Zhang Xianbi is his person, he wants to take the initiative to punish traitors. Li Guo couldn't resist him, so he had to allow it.

However, Li Guo actually did not have any hope for how far Ma Luan could go.

Under Ma Luan's order, the Yue Yang sergeant rushed over with a loud shout.

A few days ago, the two men and horses under the command of Yue Yangjun officially began to fight.

When the two sides engaged, Li Guo didn't look at it for a while, then shook his head, and didn't have much confidence in Ma Luan's Yueyang army.

Sure enough, Zhang Xianbi, as Ma Luan's trump card, has capital. And Ma Luan's subordinates are except for Zhang Xianbi. Almost all of them are rabble.

Even under Ma Luan's urging, it was just a false fire. rushed up, and after being bombarded by artillery fire, he was led by Zhang Xianbi and immediately routed.

If it weren't for Zhang Xianbi, who saw that there were a lot of Ming troops, he was worried that he would encounter a bad side, so he would accept it when he saw it. Otherwise, Ma Luan would have been destroyed a long time ago.

Even so, this battle scared Ma Luan a lot.

Li Guo hurriedly sent someone to answer. This small battle has just settled. And in the north, there are also large areas of rangers.

It was Cao Zongyu who was worried that Zhang Xianbi had an accident and sent reinforcements. Once he loses, he can at least accept Zhang Xianbi's withdrawal.

In this battle, Li Guo looked down on the combat effectiveness of the Yueyang army even more. He said to Ma Luan: "Please rest for a good life, and leave the battle to me." ”

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