Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived, and it was already two days later for a small group of cavalry to escort the latest order of this commander and arrive in Yuncheng, where I was stationed.

As a result, my deployment had to be adjusted again, and although the plan for reinforcing Caozhou remained unchanged, it was placed in a secondary position, mainly handed over to the returning third battalion and the first, second and third auxiliary brigades, plus two small units that originally belonged to the rear front, and Zhao Long, the marquis of Yu, was responsible for leading the team, and Cui Bangbi was his deputy.

After converging in Leize County at the junction of Cao, Pu and Yun Prefectures, the first Liangtai stronghold was established, and then turned south to Caozhou to support Liu Yanqing, who was fighting on the front line of Chengshi and Lihu, and cooperated to prevent the Hebei soldiers who might land in Puzhou and attack the next step.

And I took the four directly subordinate teams of my team, the first, second, and fifth main battle battalions, and the remaining three auxiliary brigades, as well as most of the horses and vehicles, (because of the consideration of unified speed and efficiency, other types of large animals were eliminated), along the remnants of the official road along the Yellow River, sweeping all the way and exploring all the way.

Quickly marched to the northeast and entered the territory of Jeju, timely rescuing the trapped Fenwei army in Jiwon, and after being defeated by the enemy, Cheonyongwei and other local subordinates who retreated to Pingyin City.

Because, the request given by the commander is to fully aid the front of the relief state at any cost. From the map and the mountain climb, it can be seen that from Jeju on the edge of the Yellow River, to Yanzhou and then to Xuzhou, they are all located in the Great Plain of Henan, which lacks dangerous obstacles.

Once the Hebei soldiers gain a firm foothold in Jeju, and then gather enough momentum to go south, in addition to a slight block on the edge of Surabaya, it is easy to rush all the way to Xuzhou City, where the Shuai Division is stationed and also serves as the general hub of logistics transportation and distribution.

Whether it is a problem in the back road or the risk of cutting off the baggage transport, it is impossible for any military commander to be indifferent and face it peacefully. It is no wonder that they have been urging again and again, and as for the gains and losses of Puzhou to the west of Yunzhou, they were temporarily given up by Shuai Si from a certain kind of Cheng Dù.

If it weren't for Yunzhou, which was still under my control, and could continue to play the role of cutting off the connection between the Hebei troops on the east and west routes that had already landed, I was afraid that Shuai Si would give me an order to abandon the local forces and withdraw to Jeju to reconstruct the Jidong defense line.

According to the instructions and requirements of the commander, as long as the local defenders can be equipped to contain or block those Hebei soldiers for time, the commander can regain enough mobile troops from the operation and transfer of the rear to block these Hebei soldiers crossing the river again.

This is because in consideration of the needs of rapid marching, the stragglers, who are relatively backward in training and equipment, have to be somewhat delayed in terms of mobility.

Therefore, the fourth battalion and most of the stragglers, as well as the three coordinated regimental training, were left in the rear to guard Yuncheng, which doubled as a mobile force, and the deputy general Xin Jiaxuan was responsible for the overall stay, and Yang Zaixing was the deputy who could also be disposed of as appropriate when needed, such as requisitioning some local soldiers on the spot to strengthen the guard force in the city.

Of course, if the horse runs fast, it must not let the horse not eat grass, but also eat well and eat well to spur it forward.

According to the urgent order of the commander, I, the observation envoy of Quanyunzhou, was transferred to the observation envoy of Jidong, and the deputy envoy of the German army was transferred to the main envoy, and I was given temporary selection and transfer powers.

Then, a temporary dispatch title of the so-called "commander of the northern defense capital" was also set up to facilitate the control of the troops of the various units along the river, together with half a set of flags, drums and horns of the corresponding status. Because it is a temporary authority, there is no full set of honor guards that the dispatch has,

In this case, the result that I discussed with Liu Yanqing at the beginning is equivalent to a partial realization of the curve to save the country in disguise.

As for the commander, it seems that he is worried that I will find a reason to delay again, and sent an acquaintance with a considerable status to come and serve as the accompanying ambassador to watch the army before the consolation, which is also the routine of the dynasty.

Trailing behind, there are also a large number of military Zi that was transferred to Haozhou and transported in Songzhou,

So we spent another day rearming and replenishing the ammunition, and weeding out the old guns that had been replaced, as well as the variegated firearms that we did not look down on, even though the commander had sent them, to the auxiliaries and skirmishers.

The three regimental training subordinates who worked together also belonged to some miscellaneous firearms and hand cannons in order to meet the needs of the stay-at-home, but the corresponding training can only be slowly familiarized and cultivated in the battle.

But at this time, there was a small episode, it was Fang La, the head of Mengcheng, who came to the door and asked to be able to fight with my headquarters, and enhance the experience of his subordinates in coordinating the war of the army, I thought about it and agreed.

Although I could have severely punished or forcibly suppressed the commanders of the army assigned to them by virtue of the authority and position given by the commander, or even killed their leaders and seized their troops in the name of dealing with them at the right time, I could not expect their subordinates to be like my own men, and to prohibit and dictate them like my own troops.

The so-called trust and tacit understanding between superiors and subordinates, all kinds of authority and obedience, need enough time of daily contact, one battle after another, to cultivate, and what can maintain and unify them at present is the common demands and interests brought by the task.

The square wax of this time and space seems to be a good sample and a typical example.

As I rode on horseback, I thought of the right and right riders in chain jackets, swords and spears in their saddles, and long and short guns, trotting aggressively with their hooves, bringing out some kind of hunting wind.

Under the fluttering wind and thunder banners, there are continuous pieces of swaying back armor and metal reflections of long guns, and the cherry blossoms, feathers and colorful ribbons on the round-edged helmets of human heads are intertwined, and there are several long dragons in the city.

News of the battle continued to come, and the capture team and the guerrilla team, who were responsible for opening the way first, began to frequently encounter small groups of Hebei soldiers, and after torture, they learned that most of them were washed away by the current or drifted out of control after crossing the river in a large way, far away from the landing place.

There are also a small number of spy teams that have gone south to search, but in any case, this shows that in the past few days, the Hebei army that has crossed the river in Jeju has accumulated a considerable number.

This kind of multi-way and slow crossing of the river, the relevant organizational ability and command efficiency, is not something that ordinary people can do. You must know that this is still the era of the cold-weapon army of the classical era, and the direct command of point-to-point is also limited to the line of sight.

The efficiency and organizational level of military mobilization depend more on the personal charm, prestige, experience, and means of the generals.

I can't help but have a little interest and curiosity about the commander of the Northern Army in this river crossing operation, I already know that the other party is the Hebei Guanrong envoy, and the deputy envoy to the east, Zhang Shuye, I don't know if it is another time and space, suppressing the Song River uprising, and after the failure of leading the army to defend Bianliang City, he committed suicide on the way to the north by the Jin people.

Although propaganda is aimed at the best aspects, it is necessary to consider the worst-case scenario when formulating plans and countermeasures. For example, the object that needs to be rescued and destroyed, the friendly army flees without a fight, leaving us alone to face the enemy, or the opponent is in a siege point and has spare strength.

This is not my persecution paranoia, but mainly because he has more consultation channels and expanded the horizon span of thousands of years, and various jokes and examples that are common in history to prove that it is better to rely on your own efforts to create the truth that it is better to rely on your own efforts to win the opportunity and the key to relying on others.

If the army of the dynasty could all work together as one, there would be no disputes and contradictions in the world, and the Northern Expedition would have been declared successful long ago. Therefore, I would rather fight for the advantage and upper hand in battle with more prepared and familiar circumstances.

Of course, Jeju Island (later known as Jining City, Shandong Province) ruled Pyongyin, and of course, it had nothing to do with Jeju Island, a tourist destination in Nambangguo, at least in this time and space, it was still called Danna Island, and three feudal clans were set up on it.

It is named Jeju because it is one of the four main roads of Jishui in ancient times, which flows through the territory from northeast to southwest, and finally joins the Onozawa of Yunju.

And Jishui is also an important branch line of Caoyun, because in Qizhou in the upper reaches of Jishui, there is the Yongji Canal built during the period of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, which is connected to Zhuozhou in Hebei Province to the north and then turned to the sea, while in Songzhou in the lower reaches of Tongguò, there is another Tongji Canal pruned by Emperor Yang of Sui, which is connected to the two major water systems of the Yellow River and the Huai River respectively.

Therefore, the actual location of Jeju is the first key waterway in Huaishang and Henan, and it is also the lifeline of inland river transportation in ancient times.

After the Yiwei Rebellion, this situation inevitably came, because the sea route was threatened by the South China Sea regime, and the sea water, which had flourished for many years, was almost abolished, and the inland river transportation that had been surviving for a long time was revived as a result, feeding hundreds of thousands of military and civilian households along the coast.

In particular, after the Chengguang Emperor from the Northern Tang Dynasty reopened the rivers and mountains, the financial and tax tributes in the southeast relied on this transportation, and the Luodu Imperial Court even specially rebuilt the inland river water division and Cao Ying to ensure its safety and smoothness.

And the Southeast Road Frontier Military Division, after conquering Xuzhou and possessing Jeju, is also equivalent to cutting off the Dugi Province where Luodu is located, and obtaining the transportation channel on land and water, but it has won a supply line for itself that can make full use of the ready-made supply, and even when the conditions are ripe, it can also use the waterway in the North District to deeply threaten Hebei Province......

Under the trade-off, it is not the value-added efficiency of one plus one equals two, which can be described. The threat of cutting off the Cao Road alone is enough to threaten the safety of Luodu, no matter how many troops the Northern Dynasties gather, it is also necessary for people to eat and chew, and it also costs money to maintain daily life, and the output of Dugi Dao itself is limited, even if there is a blood transfusion from Shannan and Hedong, it is far from enough, once the accumulation is consumed, it is not a decisive battle, and it must be a decisive battle.

Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that Shuai Si wants to keep Jeju at any cost, at least to stabilize the military presence on the east bank of Jishui, and for this reason, he will not hesitate to give up the situation west of Yunju, which is not difficult to understand.

"Report ......"

A voice interrupted my thoughts again.

"The first battalion and three regiments of the vanguard team were ambushed by the northern soldiers in Yanggu County and fell into a fierce battle"

"Captain Zhang of the second battalion has already led his troops to outflank him......"

"I hereby ask for the cooperation of the pacesetters of this formation to intercept the retreat of the incoming enemy......"

"Quasi-......"

I immediately replied, and added another sentence.

"At the same time, bring the township soldiers from the capital of Mengcheng to ......"