Hearing Zhang Yong say that he would not only help him get back the troops and territory in the future, but also hand over his former army to himself, Li Hong's eyes were hot and he was greatly moved. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Choked and said: "Big brother of the alliance leader, my big brother Zhang, is so deeply grateful, Li Hong can only kill himself to repay." There's nothing to say, come down and confront the Sizhou Army on the battlefield, and look at me Li Hong! ”

Speaking of Wang Shen, Li Hong gritted his teeth: "Wang Xiaothief is a treacherous villain, he actually took advantage of the heavy rain to sneak attack our army's camp, and he blamed Li Hong for being careless and suffering this defeat." Alliance leader, you are optimistic, I will let Wang Shen know how powerful I am Li Hong. Putting on a posture and fighting, Li Hong has not been afraid of anyone. ”

After speaking, he asked Zhang Yong again: "Alliance leader, our army has the advantage of strength, why don't you go out of the camp to fight a decisive battle with the enemy, stick to the camp, and let the Sizhou army thieves run rampant outside?" ”

As he spoke, he saw another group of scouts of the Sizhou Army rushing in the distance, standing outside the range of Zhang Yongjun's long-range weapons and pointing, which was extremely rampant.

Yes, in the past few days, Zhang Yong's use of troops has been too conservative, and the joint camp has been more than ten miles, and the strength has already gained the absolute upper hand compared to Wang Shen. But he still refused to go out of the camp to engage in battle, and let the enemy grab all the communication arteries.

If this development continues, the enemy will have to completely grasp the strategic initiative and cut off Zhang Yongjun's communications and information. The dignified 50,000 or 60,000 horses were surrounded by less than 10,000 horses and horses of the Sizhou army, and it was not a big joke to say it.

In gratitude to Zhang Yong, Li Hong suddenly felt a little dissatisfied in his heart.

Zhang Yong sighed: "Thank you Brother Li for your concern, Wang Shen has not tasted a defeat since he started the army, how many people have suffered a big loss in his hands, but it is not safe to meet the battle in a hurry, it is better to be careful." ”

Li Hong: "The eldest brother of the alliance leader is wrong, although Wang Shen is powerful, he likes to be opportunistic every time he fights, and I still doubt that the Sizhou army can really fight." There are a lot of us, and the terrain here is empty, even if he is reborn, what tricks can he turn out? In the so-called big war, if you want to win the final victory, you have to rely on strength to fight hard. ”

Zhang Yong shook his head: "Although Brother Li's words have some truth, there is room for discussion in them. Yes, whether it is the battle between you and him in Xiaogan, or the battle of Qichun and the ambush of Yang Zaixing in Huangzhou, Wang is winning by calculation. In this way, it is inevitable not to give people an illusion: he is not successful in the way of kingly thinking about the battle. ”

"But don't forget. Before we came to Jianghan, Wang Shen had a head-on fight with Kong Yanzhou. You and I both know how Kong Juji's soldiers are, but Lao Kong lost extremely badly in that battle. It's not that Wang Shen can't fight, but since he can easily win with a strategy, why bother to fight hard? ”

"Ru Lin Gong once said that the enemy should be lenient, and everything must be thought of from the difficulty. In this way, you will not be at a loss when it is really difficult. ”

"Therefore, I don't think it's time for a decisive battle."

Hearing this, Li Hong's heart suddenly moved, and he asked, "Brother Alliance Leader, are you waiting for the other rebels?" ”

Zhang Yong smiled and nodded: "Exactly, Han Xin's soldiers, naturally the more the merrier." This time, I not only have to repel the enemy who came from Huangzhou, but also have to completely annihilate the Sizhou army. I have sent messengers to the chiefs of the houses many days ago, drawing up a plan of formation, and ordering them to come from all directions, or to intercept Wang Shen's retreat, close the door and beat the dogs; or flanking outflanks; Or cooperate with our army head-on. I want to give Wang Daosi an ambush on all sides. ”

"If Wang Shen is not removed for a day, we will not be able to live in Jianghan for a day."

Li Hong suddenly realized at this time, and said happily: "Since the alliance leader has a plan, it is naturally the best, and we are not in a hurry to confront Wang Shen." ”

He roughly calculated in his heart that there were now more than 50,000 people in Zhang Yong's department, all of whom were foot soldiers. Although Cao Chengbu suffered a big loss in Huangzhou before, he also lost 10,000 former troops, and now they still have more than 30,000 horses on hand, and they can still dispatch more than 10,000 people. The best thing is that there are thousands of cavalry among the more than 10,000 people, which is the elite of Cao Cheng's elite. Because of this cavalry, Cao Chengnai is the strongest fighter in the Eighth Route Righteous Army. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to occupy the anointed land of Yingcheng as soon as he arrived in Jianghan.

In addition to Cao Cheng, Shang Yuan had more than 10,000 people and horses on hand, and he could dispatch six or seven thousand.

As for the other five rebel armies, the most can dispatch 4,000, and the few have more than 1,000 horses.

With all the total, nearly 100,000, there should be no problem in enclosing Wang Shen firmly in the area of the Sanlong River.

In this way, if this battle is fought, there is seven or eight points of certainty in destroying Wang Shen.

I have to say that Zhang's plan is perfect and extremely safe.

In all battles, the so-called art of war, to put it bluntly, means to concentrate superior forces to attack the enemy at a time and place of one's own choosing, with the most comfortable tactics.

I have to say that commanding this kind of large-scale battle is Zhang Yong's strength, in addition to his own personality charm, this is also the main reason why he can be the leader of so many righteous alliances.

However, the next development of events was out of Zhang Yong's control.

In the evening, Zhang Yong suddenly raised the account.

When Li Hong walked into the big tent of the Chinese army, he saw that the generals in the tent were all angry, and everyone shouted and scolded: "What kind of brotherhood, what kind of righteousness in the rivers and lakes, even the mother has fed the dogs." ”

"Cao Cheng is a dog thief with three swords on both sides, and the plan of the alliance leader is ruined in one fell swoop, putting our army in danger, and we must not let him go."

"Yes, swear to kill this dog thief. Not only Cao Cheng, but also Shang Yuan, as well as those thieves, none of them can be let go. ”

……

There was chaos in the tent, and the ears were full of angry yelling.

Looking at Zhang Yong again, he sat helplessly on the top, his eyes fell on the air window on the top of the tent, and he couldn't help sighing.

Li Hong chuckled in his heart, walked over, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Alliance Leader, what's wrong?" ”

Zhang Yong withdrew his gaze at this time, with a sad face: "The messengers who went to the leaders of all walks of life have returned, and Cao Cheng and Shang Yuan are unwilling to send troops. ”

Li Hong let out a low voice: "What, how could this be, could it be that they were frightened by Wang Shen'er?" ”

Zhang said bitterly: "I just received the news from the road, and the other leaders of the six roads are now gathering at Cao Cheng to discuss what to do next." They have been dissatisfied with me for a long time, especially Cao Cheng...... I'm afraid the reinforcements won't come! ”

said that they were frightened by Wang Shen, which is true. When I was in Huangzhou, I saw Yang Zaixing lose so badly, and the coalition army left by boat without firing an arrow, in addition to being afraid of Wang Shen's ferocity, in fact, the more important reason was to preserve strength.

Among the so-called rebel armies of the Eight Routes, there are many generals in Zhang Yong and Cao Chengbing, and there are more than 10,000 people in other departments, and after deducting the auxiliary soldiers, the real main force soldiers are only a few thousand. This point of people pulled into the battlefield to participate in this unprecedented scale of the general battle, maybe a single charge will be lost.

In troubled times, the barrel of a gun is the most tangible thing. If you have a gun, you are a grass king, and without an army, you are a fart. When the time comes, the so-called allies will not only not pull you along, but may even eat you with a belt.

Although Zhang Yong's plan was good, he ignored the fact that the generals and leaders all had their own thoughts, and they all wanted to let others bleed to pick up the bargain by themselves, so they naturally refused to come over and be stunned to charge into battle.

Their alliance is a loose combination, everyone is a thousand-year-old fox spirit, how can they come to Sanlong River to contribute to others.

More importantly, Cao Cheng, as the strongest in the alliance, has long been wary of Zhang Yongbu, and this time he wants to use Wang Shen's hand to weaken Zhang Yong. As long as Zhang Yong is defeated, the position of alliance leader will be his Cao Cheng.

The devil knows what Cao Cheng wants to do when he gathers the other family leaders.

Seeing Zhang Yong so decadent, Li Hong disagreed in his heart, and said: "Brother Alliance Leader, even if the damned beasts of other families don't come, can't we fight this battle ourselves." Even if you can't surround Wang Shen and annihilate the Sizhou army, it's a big deal to beat them back to Huangzhou. When Wang Shen is defeated, let's go back and clean up Cao Cheng and Shang Yuan's group of brutes. ”

He sneered loudly: "When the time comes, the alliance leader will take the victorious army and return to the army to fight, and I have to ask them to come up with an explanation." This De'an is settled down by us, and we have the final say on how the territory is distributed at that time. ”

Zhang Yong smiled bitterly: "It's better to get through this difficulty first." ”

"Difficult, is this also difficult?" Li Hong said loudly: "Brother Alliance Leader, how heroic and heroic you were in the past, Cao Cheng and they won't come if they don't come, why should you be afraid of Wang Shen'er, grow the ambition of others, and destroy your own prestige?" Although I, Li Hong, said that I lost very badly under Wang Shen, but I was careless, and I was not afraid of him. ”

Zhang Yong's face was even more depressed, and he handed an urgent report to Li Hong: "Brother Li, look at it yourself, this is what my military scout has just sent over." ”

Li Hong took the information and only glanced at it, and his scalp was numb. I couldn't help but exclaim: "Li Cheng Li Bo used it!" The piece of information in his hand fell to the ground.

Zhang Yong nodded: "Yes, Li Cheng is coming, the problem is troublesome." ”

Li Cheng and the others are all from the Tokyo Left-behind Division, and everyone knows how powerful this person is. This man is nicknamed the Heavenly King, and since the beginning of the army, he has hardly encountered a decent opponent. Even Liu Guangshi's Huaixi army, which was the strongest in the Song Dynasty, was repeatedly defeated by him, and was almost captured alive several times.

Li Chengbu's combat effectiveness was at the forefront when he was in Tokyo, and after being recruited in the third year of Jianyan, he moved across the river and has been exterminating rogue bandits in the south.

At the beginning of this year, Zhong Xiang, the head of the Manichaean religion of Wuling, rose up, broke Zhou County, burned the official mansion, killed officials, and called on the people of 19 counties in Ding, Li, Tan, Yue, and Chen prefectures to respond, and now it has swept the entire Dongting Lake and Hunan region, and the thieves are very powerful.

The local Xiang army and village warriors could not resist. Seeing that the Hunan region was in a state of decay, the imperial court thought about it, and the only available army in the south was Li Cheng's troops.

Therefore, he was ordered to lead his troops into Hunan to suppress this group of cultists.

Li Cheng deserved the order of the king, and as soon as he arrived in Dingzhou and Chenzhou, he swept away the thief army with thunder and recovered a large number of cities.

Zhong Xiang can't be the enemy, so he can only be passively defended according to the dangers of various places. Coupled with the hot weather, the two armies began to confront each other.

However, in his understanding of Li Cheng, Zhang Yongjun knew that it would not take much time for Li Tianwang to completely cut off this thief army.

Now Li Cheng is an officer and soldier, everyone is a rogue, once the war in Hunan is calmed, Li Tianwang will definitely raise troops to the north. This is a more vicious and terrifying opponent than Wang Shen. When that time comes, who can be it?

For a moment, everyone in the tent was afraid.

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After a long time, Zhang Yongcai said: "Li Boyou is far away in Chenzhou, and it is estimated that it will be autumn when he goes north, what are you afraid of?" In any case, let's eliminate the Sizhou army first. Cao Cheng and the others don't come, forget it, I don't have to wait any longer, I will go out of the camp early tomorrow morning to fight Wang Shen. ”

Li Hongri thought about what he wanted to do was to avenge Xiaogan's arrow, and when he heard this, he was overjoyed and said: "Brother Alliance Leader, I, Li Hong, don't want to be the leader of Nalaoshzi anymore, and I will serve under you in the future." Since you handed over the front army to me Li Hong, the last general is willing to be the vanguard tomorrow, teach that Wang Shen a good lesson, and never retreat in the bloody battle. If the battle is unfavorable, the general can cut off my head!" ”

As he spoke, he looked back at the generals and loudly encouraged his morale: "Our army has fifty or sixty thousand horses, and the king thief is only less than 10,000. The thieves are tired from afar, and our army is waiting for work, and this battle will be won! ”

Zhang Yong shouted, "Okay, brothers, try to kill the enemy. Whether it is Wang Shen or Li Cheng, what is there to fear. Rest assured, after this battle, I will find a good way out for the brothers. ”

The way out, where exactly is the way out?

Zhang Yong was also a little distracted for a moment. Murder and arson were recruited, and now even Li Cheng has become an official of the imperial court. It is said that a tycoon like them will definitely be recruited in the future. The bigger the disturbance now, the greater the official titles that will be awarded after defecting to the imperial court in the future.

But the problem is that he and Cao Cheng are too big now, and the number of people from several rebel armies together exceeds 100,000, and they have swept the entire Jianghan. How big of an official should the court appoint them to make the leaders of each family satisfied? It's just a big catch, compared to which no one is willing to accept.

In fact, everyone is now regarded as a king and hegemon, so how can they be willing to be controlled?

Besides, how the imperial court treated everyone, it was not unseen when I was in Tokyo to stay in the division. If it weren't for the fact that everyone was against him, he would have been harmed by Du Chong's old thief.

The enemy on the opposite side, Wang Shen, is Du Gongmei's proud protégé and the first cadre under him. Thinking about it, Wang Daosi will definitely not let go of this good opportunity to give Du Xianggong a bad breath and ask for a reward.

Whoever is in his position will inevitably be a killer, so don't think about Zhao'an.

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No matter where you go in the future, you have to defeat Wang Shen first.