Yang Taishou's calculation is in line with Gao Shun's appetite, and now he is in a good mood, and he is busy inviting Xu Rong to come. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Meet the Lord!"

Gao Shun asked, "Haha, Meng Zhi, how is it?" Have you completed your control over the troops? ”

Meng Zhi is Gao Shun's expression for Xu Rongqi, and I hope he can grow into a wise general as soon as possible.

Xu Rong happily replied: "Back to the lord, the troops are now enthusiastic, they are no longer in the state of bare waste in the past, the training is very active, everyone pursues progress, they are very obedient to orders, and they are particularly easy to manage." ”

"Did the scouts send out?" Gao Shun asked again.

"Back to the lord, I sent it out yesterday, a total of 5 teams were dispatched, a total of 50 people, it is estimated that reliable news will be transmitted in the next few days."

"After returning the news, immediately formulate a plan to occupy Liucheng and a method to deal with the Wuhuan people."

"Yes, my lord!"

The more Gao Shun looked at Xu Rong, the more satisfied he felt, with his tall figure, elegant temperament, low force value, but high intelligence, he would definitely be a famous Confucian general in the future.

Subsequently, Gao Shun sent several junior generals, junior civil officials and a middle-level military general to Liaodong vassal states to learn local intelligence.

Li Qiang was busy assisting several military candidates and military commanders in training and familiarizing themselves with the army, hoping to have the strength to fight in the shortest possible time.

Three days later, the scouts who went out returned one after another, and Xu Rong formulated a detailed battle plan based on the intelligence.

After reading Xu Rong's plan, Gao Shun said: "Meng Zhi, your plan is good, but it will take too long, and I can't afford to wait." "Now Gao Shun wants to deal with the local affairs as soon as possible, and then return to Taoyuan Fort.

Xu Rong hurriedly explained: "My lord, after Qiu Liju's death, his son Lou Ban was young, and the tribe elected his son Badun as the king; He is resourceful, very cunning and ruthless, and can only fight steadily; In addition, there are many Han slaves in the Wuhuan tribe, and there are also many Han people who take the initiative to defect in order to escape high taxes, according to the scouts, the total number is about 10,000. ”

At this time, Xu Rong had not yet joined the Xiliang Army, and he had not learned the cold-bloodedness and ruthlessness of the Xiliang Army, as well as the kind side, and he was not decisive and ruthless enough.

So Gao Shun reminded: "We have too few troops, if the confrontation lasts for a long time, there may be changes, for example, will Badun break through and escape?" Will Su Muyan of Liaodong County send reinforcements? Will there be any changes in the Wuhuan people of Liaodong vassal countries? Will the Xianbei people take advantage of the fire to rob? If something similar happens, there will be more losses among civilians, and there will be heavy casualties among officers and soldiers; For the general, we must consider comprehensively, weigh the pros and cons, and seek the best solution. ”

Xu Rong thought for a moment and said, "Lord, I understand, I'll go back and revise the battle plan right away, and I'll hand it over to you in the afternoon." ”

Gao Shun comforted: "Okay, this is the first time you have made a war plan of this scale, and it should be regarded as a training exercise for you." ”

"Yes, my lord!"

In the afternoon, the plan sent by Xu Rong has been greatly improved, and Gao Shun was very satisfied with this for the first time, and he didn't want to continue to embarrass him, so he said: "I discussed with Yang Taishou, if I take Liucheng, I will ask the imperial court for instructions, set up a northern governor in Liucheng, and the jurisdiction is all the territory north of Liucheng and Yushui River, and the road from Liucheng to White Wolf Stone City must be kept unblocked; I initially planned to let you take on this important responsibility, and this war is a test for you, do you have confidence? ”

Xu Rong was overjoyed, he had just been promoted to a military candidate, and he had just worshiped Gao Shun as the lord, so he had the opportunity to be promoted again, and hurriedly promised: "Yes, lord, Rong will never disgrace his mission and guarantee the annihilation of the Wuhuan people in Liucheng." ”

"Okay, tomorrow morning I will announce this matter, and for the time being, I will appoint you as a false captain, lead all the cavalry and infantry to battle, and continue to improve the plan when I return, and check and fill in the gaps."

"Yes, my lord!"

On the morning of the next day, Gao Shun announced to all officers and soldiers that Xu Rong was appointed as the false commander of the northern part of Liaoxi County, commanding all cavalry and infantry to recover Liucheng; A mid-level military general was transferred to replace Xu Rong as a cavalry officer.

After the meeting, Gao Shun sent a middle-level military general to lead ten junior military generals to serve as Xu Rong's personal guard; Two middle-level civil officials, each with five junior civil officials, were appointed as Xu Rong's chief officials, who were responsible for military, logistical, and administrative affairs respectively.

In the afternoon of the same day, Xu Rong first convened a military meeting to arrange tasks; Subsequently, officers of all ranks prepared for battle as required, cavalry checked horses, weapons, armor, etc., and infantry carried out similar inspections; substitution of unqualified weapons, horses, etc.; The commander and the infantry corps in charge of logistics and transportation prepared grain, grass, and baggage.

The troops set out early the next morning, first with a group of cavalry to explore the way, then two groups of cavalry to protect the infantry and baggage convoys at the middle level, and cavalry and scouts on the left and right who were constantly patrolling.

Liucheng and Yangle City are only a few dozen miles away, and they arrived at 3 miles south of Liucheng in the afternoon to set up camp.

It is very risky to camp so close to the city of the Wuhuan people, because the camp is on the territory occupied by the Wuhuan people, and there is a danger of being surrounded by the Wuhuan people at any time.

The Wuhuan people had already received the news of the Han army's attack, and most of them returned to Liucheng with their livestock to take refuge, but a considerable number of Wuhuan people were still blocked outside the city.

Under the protection of the cavalry, the infantry hurriedly set up camp, for fear that the Wuhuan cavalry would attack at this time.

Yang Zhong was very dissatisfied with the Gao Shun faction who had just promoted the first army to lead the soldiers, Xu Rong had been in the army here for nearly ten years, and had been unknown and did nothing, Gao Shun promoted him to the army as soon as he came, and then let him lead all the troops, it was too risky.

The lieutenant and the chief officer of Liaoxi County secretly slandered Gao Shun's decision, and the general of Zhengbei was just like this, and he actually quickly promoted a little-known person to go on the expedition, which is really beyond their means, if the Wuhuan people are so easy to deal with, can they still stay until now?

More people are full of jealousy of Xu Rong.

Li Qiang also didn't understand, and he didn't have much confidence in Xu Rong, so he asked: "General, Xu Rong is good, but he is still a little lacking from serving as the lieutenant of the northern capital, shall we go to support?" ”

Gao Shun explained: "Any general must have a growth period, and he needs to go through a certain amount of training, otherwise he will not be able to grow up at all, we can't go to the scene, otherwise it will put too much pressure on him, and it will backfire. ”

Xu Rong saw that Gao Shun and Li Qiang did not follow, and he was full of gratitude to Gao Shun in his heart, and was determined to fight this war well, and he must fulfill his promise to Gao Shun, occupy Liucheng, and eliminate the Wuhuan tribe in Liucheng, and must not live up to Gao Shun's trust in him; For people from poor backgrounds at that time, such an opportunity once in a lifetime is very rare, if he loses this opportunity, he will hardly have a chance to rise in this life, so Xu Rong is cautious and arranges everything very carefully and thoughtfully.

The north of Liucheng is the Yushui River, to the east is Yangle City, and the south gate of the city is not far from Xu Rong's military camp, and the only escape route is to flee west along the south bank of the Yushui River.

It is now the rainy season, the river is surging, and even if the Wuhuan people in the city escape from Liucheng to the west, they will not be able to cross the river in a short time, and they will soon be caught up by the Han cavalry, and the possibility of escaping is very small.

When the Han army was camping, the Wuhuan people did not attack and missed the best opportunity.

Subsequently, Xu Rong sent cavalry to patrol around Liucheng non-stop and besieged the Wuhuan people in Liucheng.