When Lin Ying and Li Mao were settling, they couldn't lift their spirits.

Li Mao comforted: "The layout of the Long Xiang army in Hebei is too late, so that the ears and eyes are blocked, it is not easy to establish meritorious deeds, today's loss is not in you, I believe everyone will understand your difficulties." ”

Lin Ying said: "I have been doing nothing for half a year, that is, everyone is not to blame, and I don't have the face to stay any longer, I want to resign from the right army to serve in the frontier or the south, what does Brother Maohua think?" ”

Li Mao said: "Talents are rare, even if you have the intention of retreating, everyone will not let go." ”

Lin Ying wanted to speak and stopped, sighed, and laughed.

Tutu Chenghuang because Lu Congshi had the confidence to abandon Huaixi and became virtuous, and now Lu Congshi was arrested and arrested in Beijing, so he made a scapegoat for his old friend, and added all the responsibility for the disadvantage of the war to Lu Congshi's head, saying that he collaborated with the enemy, said that he pulled his hind legs, said that he betrayed intelligence, and said that he set up gambling tricks, although this explains the embarrassment of his sending troops for half a year and having no size, but on the other hand, it also proves that he has no ability to understand people.

You must know that it was none other than the one who recommended Lu Congshi to reinstate Zhaoyi, it was his Zuo Shence Protector Lieutenant Tutu Chengxuan.

Lin Ying left, Tutu Chenghuang lost another person to rely on, and took over Li Mao, who replaced Lin Ying, Tutu Chenghuang was both dependent and wary, and he invited Li Mao to his tent late one night. There was still a gaming table, and there was a pile of money in front of the main and guest seats. Tu Tu Cheng fiddled with the dice neatly, his brows tightened and loosened, very lively.

Seeing Li Mao, he didn't get up, beckoned Li Mao to sit down with his opponent, wrapped his hand in the pile of money in front of him, and said, "I'm going to lose all of this to you tonight." How is it? Li Mao said: "My gambling skills are really average, maybe this pile of money will have to be returned to you." Then he asked, "Did you give me this gambling money, or did you borrow it from me?" Tu Tu Chengguang said: "Hey, what do you care about these things. Li Mao shook his head and said: "The gambling products of Tutu Dutong are well known, how dare I not ask clearly." ”

Tu Chenghuang pursed his lips, and suddenly squeezed out a smile on his face: "Lu Congshi has been arrested now, without this moth, should we win a few battles next?" Li Mao said while stacking cards: "Yes." Tu Tu Chengxuan smiled and asked, "What is General Li's plan?" Li Mao said: "Well...... Is this money a gift or a loan? ”

"Send, send, send, I sent you, you don't have to pay it back."

Li Mao grinned, and said, "Is it all good at fighting?" ”

Tutu Chengguang said: "Nonsense, if I am doing it, I can ask you in the middle of the night?" ”

Li Mao said: "I can't do it, and I'm not good at it, how can this be good?" Alas, I heard that General Fan Heechao is a veteran of the battlefield, experienced in a hundred battles, quite good, and has enough qualifications, so how about letting him lead the army? ”

Tutu Chengguang said: "This ...... After all, I'm the manager. ”

Li Mao said: "The boss should plan the strategy, point to employ people, strategize in the strategy, and win thousands of miles away. ”

Tutu Chengguang exclaimed, "What did you say? …… Mahjong? What's that? ”

Li Mao smiled: "Good things, diverse playing styles, flexible and changeable, winning or losing can be big or small, fast or slow, which can not only kill time, but also a good means to hold money." ”

Tu Tu Chengguang said: "I heard that Li Maohua's mind is always filled with some strange things, hum, I don't dare to boast if I want to say anything else, play cards, hum, what kind of cards in the world I haven't seen, I haven't played, what kind of mahjong you said...... What does it look like, didn't you make it up? ”

Li Mao said: "How dare you talk in front of the capital, I'll bring a pair over tomorrow for you to see." ”

Tu Tu Chenghuang waved his little hand, and said very boldly: "Why bother tomorrow, just tonight, you don't have to bring it, I'll go with you to get it, but the ugly words are ahead, if you can't take it out......"

Li Mao patted his chest and said, "I will lose you two thousand three hundred and fifty-three times." ”

"Huh! Why this number? ”

"Because that's all I have."

The day after that, Tutu Chengxuan stayed at home and announced that he was studying the strategy of entering the army with his staff officer Li Mao. In the early morning of the second day, the Tutu Commander ordered to summon the veteran general Fan Xichao to the camp, and on the third day, it was announced that Fan Xichao would concurrently serve as the envoy of the camp festival, temporarily take charge of the deputy commander, and assist the commander of the capital to command the army of each town. Ten days later, the imperial court officially issued a decree posthumously recognizing Fan Xichao as the deputy capital commander.

As for the Dutong Tutu Chengxuan, although he still holds the final decision in the military, but unlike the previous intervention everywhere and interference in everything, this time the Tutu Tutu was fully authorized to the deputy capital commander Fan Xichao, not only strictly abiding by his promise not to interfere, but also strictly restricting the supervision of all ministries and troops not to point fingers.

Relying on the support of the emperor, these supervisors were arrogant and domineering in the barracks, often overstepping their bounds, making the front-line generals lose ground and retreat, and they were very embarrassed, and because they had the right to report directly to the emperor, the generals dared not speak out.

However, although they were close to the emperor, they couldn't get close to Tutu Chengguang, and although they were arrogant, they couldn't overlook the old people in the palace, and the old eunuch gave an order, and the eunuchs and soldiers judged the situation and immediately shut up.

Li Ting, who returned from Chang'an, was surprised to find that Tutu Chenghuang and the previous judgment were like two people, and the former Tutu who was keen on gambling, like hunting, playing ball, drinking and watching singing and dancing suddenly became serious, serious, and deep, and hid in the military tent all day long, and studied the military situation and planned strategies with the army staff, Sima, and judges all day long.

In order to keep it secret, the curtains of the Chinese military tent are low on all sides, although it is the height of summer, it is tightly covered, and it is difficult for outsiders to predict the inner and the real, except for the daily cooling of the ice cubes, there is nothing abnormal in the others, only occasionally I hear a sudden vomit and shout: "Thirty thousand!" Kill! I'm twenty or forty thousand, and I'm killed on both sides, are you convinced? ”

So everyone was overjoyed, and they were all so arrogant, they must have found a magic weapon to win, and it seems that it is difficult to win this battle.

Li Mao played mahjong for three days and three nights with Tutu Chenghuang, and lost all 2,353 yuan and two hanging money, so he had no choice but to quit, as for why he went, Tutu Chenghuang didn't bother to ask, he was now in high spirits, and he was about to kill all directions, how could he care about these small things?

Tutu Chengguang did not interfere in the military, so that the veteran Fan Xichao had a place to use, 240,000 against 50,000, the logistics supply of the officers and troops was sufficient, and the time and place were favorable, and there was really no reason why the war could not be won.

Fan Xichao ordered Meng Yuanyang's Zhaoyi army to withdraw from the front line, assemble and train in the territory of Xingzhou, and serve as the general reserve of each army. He could not command the left and right Shence army, and the veteran did not make a fuss, but took advantage of the situation, using the 70,000 army as a strategic deterrent force to attract most of Wang Chengzong's attention. As the saying goes, if the knife is not out of the sheath, it is often even more murderous.

There were three main forces planned by Fan Xichao, his own Hedong Army, Liu Ji's Lu Long Army, and Li Quanzhong's Yicheng Army. As for Zhang Maozhao and Cheng Huaizhi, they can only be regarded as flanks and play an auxiliary role, while the Tianxiong Army is not even qualified to act as a reserve and auxiliary army, after Lu Congshi was arrested, they became closer and closer to Wang Chengzong, not only communicating with each other in private, but even acting as a barrier for Wang Chengzong, and simply blocking the right army Li Quanzhong's department from Chengde.

Fan Xichao had a headache for this, and the Tianxiong army was nominally controlled by the imperial court, but in fact, not only him, the deputy commander, but also the commander Tu Chengxuan himself could not command.

"The Tianxiong Army not only failed to deter Chengde, but restrained Li Quanzhong's troops, and the southern part of Chengde was worry-free, which is not a good thing." The veteran said to Li Mao worriedly, "If General Li can persuade Li Quanzhong to get out of Jiangou Town, he may be able to make this move alive." ”

Fan Xichao said that Jiangou Town is sixty miles northwest of the Tianxiong Army garrison camp, and it is an important town in Chengde, Li Quanzhong's department is in the south of the Tianxiong Army, outside Chengde, if it occupies Jiangou Town, it will go deep into the territory of Chengde and directly threaten the south of Zhenzhou, but this is undoubtedly a tear with the Tianxiong Army, for the entire supply line must pass through Weibo Town, it is a great risk to do so, if Tian Ji'an cuts off the supply line of the Yicheng Army, it is equivalent to cutting off the life of these 18,000 people, and when the time comes, it will be called Tiantian. In addition to surrendering, you can only wait to be completely annihilated.

"It's too risky."

"Yes, it's very risky, but if you don't do this, you won't be able to force Tian Ji'an, an old fox, to let him and Wang Chengzong look at each other, this battle can't be won no matter how you fight."

"But if Tian Ji is reckless...... It's the other way around. ”

"What reason does he have for rebellion? Hebei has hundreds of thousands of troops from the imperial court. ”

"But Hebei is their territory, if Wei Bo is opposed, Ziqing Li Shidao will definitely make a move, and Wu Shaoyang in Huaixi may also make waves, and at that time, can Liu Ji still be like now, who dares to pack tickets."

Li Mao's words hit the deep sore spot in Fan Xichao's heart, forcing Tian Ji'an to oppose Tian Ji'an, and involve Ziqing and Huaixi, which is undoubtedly the worst ending, although it seems far away now, but it is not absolutely impossible, in case of which step it goes, not only is the situation in Hebei out of control, but I am afraid that the overall situation in the world will also be irreparable.

Fan Xichao groaned, but did not respond for a long time.

"Or maybe there's a risky move to take." After being silent for a long time, Li Mao still broke the deadlock. If it succeeds, it will greatly change the face of Hebei, but if it fails, it will also make him and even the entire Tang Dynasty fall into a situation from which he will never recover.

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