"Marshal Luo."

Li Guanjun's voice was as difficult as a duck choked by the neck.

"You are planning to send troops to Hebei! ……”

"It's just a little bit of a return gift that the enemy can go, and I can also go......"

I'm understated

"Shuaisi, I'll naturally go back to my fate...... Don't worry."

"It's just that you have to bother watching the army, and you've been here for a while......"

I really didn't blame him, Cui Bangbi's third battalion, as well as the seventh brigade of the auxiliary army, and the eight scattered regiments, will be my vanguard, and set off to return to Xuzhou first, so as to cover up the disobedience and disrespect.

Of course, as for the follow-up troops, that's another matter.

In the war zone, anything can happen, for example, during the march, the Hebei army crossed over and attacked and needed to consolidate the defense line on the spot, which is natural within the duty.

After all, my title of "commander of the defense capital of the north" has not been removed, so it is naturally my responsibility to defend the territory.

The only remaining problem was to convince those in our army to support my somewhat risky and speculative military operation.

General Yu Marquis Zhao Long is the best one to convince, although he is responsible for military law and discipline, but the adventurous spirit and pursuit of merit in his bones are no less than others, not to mention that he has privately expressed some kind of dedication to me.

As long as I can come up with a plausible reason, he will not openly contradict me.

"One month, only one month......"

I assured Xin Jiaxuan, the lieutenant general with a hesitant face

"After a month, it doesn't matter where it hits. , how far has it go. Immediately the whole division will return home"

"It's just going to be along the riverbank, feints......"

"I will leave one battalion on each side of the strait, and the artillery regiment will also stay on the south bank in case of ......contingencies."

"The remaining five regiments, four full battalions, and four brigades, all on horse, marched lightly on horse......

"In this way, what else can you not rest assured......

The reason why I made this decision to go out of Hebei before I was, of course, not a person who listened to the wind or rain, and whose ears were particularly soft. Not to mention that because of the rash remarks of a general, on a whim, he will lightly pull himself and his subordinates on some kind of risky and unpredictable path.

However, for some reason before, I have also asked people to collect and search for local chronicles and hydrological data along the coast in case of time.

Now it can be said that it is the most suitable season for the Yellow River to be crossed, and after a period of time, it will be the glacial period when the river surface begins to freeze, and before that, it is the dry period when the Yellow River has the least amount of water.

Therefore, the water waves are not prosperous, and it is suitable for the boat to cross, which is more trouble-saving and labor-saving to build a temporary pontoon bridge.

In fact, with Yunzhou as the boundary, compared with the large-scale boat crossing raid on the eastern front, the Hebei Army, which had less military pressure on the western front, did just that.

Although the Yellow River has a natural frozen ice bridge when winter really comes, it is a daunting and dangerous road for us southerners.

Although the pontoon bridges from the Hebei army have been demolished, according to the location and information provided by Liu Jiye, the iron oxen and stone piers tied to the coast are ready-made.

And when we were pursuing the Hebei Army, we also captured a lot of ships along the river, which came in handy. Once the second group of pioneers who forcibly crossed the past and controlled the correct foothold, they could immediately start from both ends and move towards the middle.

Therefore, the key to success lies in this second batch of people who have passed. Therefore, the task of occupying and consolidating was entrusted to Zhang Xian and his special car regiment.

Of course, I seem to have a feeling in the dark that he and Niu Gao, who are one step ahead, act together, and these two stinky people seem to have some kind of luck and efficiency bonus.

"Okay."

After Xin Jiaxuan's face changed several times, he finally relented.

"However, this time, I hope to be able to go to the front of the army......"

Then he looked into my eyes.

"Instead of staying here, continue to guard the back ......"

"Okay,"

I also compromised, it seems that he usually looks sullen, and it is difficult to hide the potential pursuit of fame

But as a deputy general, Xin Jiaxuan has a significant advantage, that is, what he thinks is inappropriate, he will fight for it on the basis of reason, but once a certain resolution is finally made, he will also have a reserved attitude and do the best in the resolution.

Finally, it is not so easy to be the chief general staff of the land affairs concept, he was born in a famous family and transferred from the official career to the army, he is quite a principled and assertive figure.

Although because of his background, he has a bit of a moral cleanliness that is incompatible with most martial artists, but he has always done a good job in his position, and he is quite tolerant and lenient for me to make all kinds of abnormal phenomena in the army.

At least I didn't see much negative in the routine report he sent to the Military Division, and even if I had doubts and worries, it was a relatively objective and neutral attitude to make a relatively conservative description

Therefore, this is not such an easy person to fool and force down. Moreover, theoretically, his command replacement in the army was sent after Xin Jiaxuan, and before Zhao Long's third number, if he really openly objected, I would have to face the confusion of confidence and thinking in the army.

Since there is no certainty of completely convincing or suppressing it, then it can only find another way.

My solution is that the commander has requested that he summarize a copy of the experience of firearms tactics and the corresponding military logbook for the promotion of the exercises.

He was simply appointed as the exclusive representative of the presentation and presentation, responsible for leading the third battalion and the rest of the subordinate units that were not in charge of the formation, and went to report under the command of the commander in Xuzhou.

It can be regarded as a kind of Cheng dù to avoid, the trouble of making a decision at the moment, of course, the explanation afterwards or something, it is not so easy to solve, and I can't take care of it in front of me.

As for the commanders of the main battalions and regiments directly under them, the things they confessed were much simpler, and most of them were basically the clear attitude of "we will fight wherever you point the master", or the natural confidence that "my big axe has long been hungry and thirsty" and "it should have been like this a long time ago".

After all, the incident that was blocked by someone only a few days ago made them very suffocated and thoughtful, so they didn't mind the opportunity to fight and vent.

The few who are more conservative and cautious only ask more about some details and filings, as well as suggestions for possible situations and variables, but they also have a certain mind to pick up the missing pieces and prepare as well as possible, rather than questioning and fearing.

This made me somewhat complacent, more and more in control of this army, but also a little alarmed, and their trust also meant responsibility for my decisions, and the irreversible risk of consequences.

As for the officers and men below, in the face of the Hebei Army some time ago, the spirit of light victory and optimism of "nothing more than this" also played a role to some extent, so that there were not many worries and uniformities that might fall into adversity and fighting.

I'm reminiscing like this, looking at the turbid water,

Suddenly, Muron came over with an expectant look and handed me a slightly damp note with only two words on it: "Decided".

"Okay, everything is ready, the east wind is also coming......"

I turned to look at the group of generals gathered around me

"The password for this action is called 'West Wind Tight'......"

On the bank of the Yellow River, stand on the boat gang that serves as a temporary bridge pier

"Hurry."

There are two trembling strands of Kuroshima Ren, who is also cheering and shouting loudly.

"Work harder."

"The sooner you get to the middle, the more rewarded"

"Birth and future, money and women have ......"

On the shaking bridge, the widows of the Ninth Brigade and the Baggage Battalion were slowly wriggling and laying the rudimentary bridge like superimposed ants moving on the ropeway, trying to extend forward.

Because they are recognized as light in weight, hard-working and able to do heavy work, and obedient like animals, they were assigned the task of rushing to work.

In the limited square inch where they stood, under the big frightening gap, there was the boiling river, so that everyone who stood on it couldn't help but change their faces drastically, and their hands and feet stiffened and became numb.

Therefore, from time to time, there are people, because of the weakness or loss of strength of their feet, coupled with the dizziness and imbalance of constant shaking, and accidentally flip out of the pontoon aisle that is only restrained by cables.

Like a fallen leaf, it floated into the river, and was quickly swept away by the surging current, and disappeared without a trace, not even having a chance to struggle for help.

And in the distance, below them, waves of riverboats of different sizes were also struggling to row through the surging current, trying to break free from the resistance and pull of the current towards the opposite bank, and squirmed away little by little.

One of the boats suddenly became a little unbalanced, spun in place, then tumbled and overturned, and soon disappeared at the crest of the waves, and there was no trace of it ever since.

Two days later,

"Capsized seven or eight boats? ……”

"Lost some baggage and horses? …… Dozens of people missing? ”

When I was also in the cold tide and steam, I personally stepped on the opposite bank, some damp and soft Hebei land, and got this news.

Behind me, two boats tied end to tail, and pontoons stretched side by side, already meandering to my soldiers.

However, this loss is still within the scope of my acceptance, because the personnel and personal equipment mainly cross the river by pontoon bridges, and relatively large baggage and livestock need to be transferred to cross the river......

And Zhang Xian, who was in charge of guarding this temporary bridgehead, also came over and bowed to me.

"You're doing a great job......"

I applaud

"Subordinates don't dare to be greedy for merit......"

He bowed his hand

"The ferry port here is actually unmanned......"

"There are more than ten miles up and down the coast, and there are no patrols or ...... of people."

"Therefore, under the mark, it is just a rush to repair a camp and fortifications, and consolidate them on the spot......

"That's ......"

Now it's my turn to be surprised, did I really pick up a big bargain?