On July 25, in Boling County, Hebei Province, in the mountains and forests outside Tang City, Li Zixiong convened the commanders on the left to discuss the strategy of attack.

"The reason why the chief manager confidently and boldly handed over the responsibility of the flying fox to the north to the old man, I believe you all know the reason, and the old man will no longer be verbose."

Before Li Zixiong's words fell, there was already laughter in the temporary military tent.

Yang Xuangan mutiny in early June, surrounded the eastern capital in mid-June, the storm came very quickly, and a lot of news has not yet spread, as for Li Zixiong, Han Shige, Zhou Zhong and other Wei generals and Yang Gongdao, Yu Rou, Lai Yuan and other wealthy nobles betrayed or fell, some of them are not even very clear about the provinces, let alone the northern frontier thousands of miles away, and cities like Lingqiu and Flying Fox located in the mountains were originally closed, so it is certain that as long as Han Shige, Zhou Zhong and others show their prominent names, These passes are at your fingertips.

If Li Fengyun personally leads the army to the north to fly foxes, he will also have to turn to Han Shige and Zhou Zhong and other wealthy nobles, in this case, it is better to send a favor, mutual benefit and reciprocity are all happy, but the important thing is that this favor is only Li Fengyun is willing to send, and others may not have such a mind and bearing? Of course, some people are happy, and some people are unhappy.

The heroes of the alliance were originally from humble backgrounds, and they have a strong sense of inferiority in front of the wealthy nobles, if the flying fox was beaten down by them, it means that they sheltered these wealthy nobles, and the mentality is different, no matter how noble you are? Don't you want to look up to my snort? Now it's reversed, these nobles are proud, and they can point fingers in the alliance, which makes the alliance heroes very depressed, I don't know what Li Fengyun thinks, what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd? However, they absolutely trusted Li Fengyun, who proved with one miraculous victory after another that his decisions had never been wrong, at least not so far.

Chen Rui, Han Yao, Guo Ming and others were also laughing, but the smile was very reluctant, but thinking about Li Fengyun's persuasion, he let go of his heart, after all, the alliance's northward flying fox is just a small part of the entire northward plan, it is really not worth mentioning, Li Fengyun needs time now, for which he is willing to pay any price. The real goal of the alliance is to occupy the entire northern frontier and dominate according to the northern frontier, but in the process of achieving this goal, the northern captives are the biggest obstacle, and for this reason it is necessary to unite the forces that can be united, otherwise the success will fall short, the bamboo basket will be empty, and in the end it will be the alliance itself that will gain nothing. Therefore, we should take a long-term view and never be blinded by the small profits in front of us.

"A certain wish is to choose a front, day and night, and kill the flying fox." Han Shige took the initiative to ask. For him, the most important thing now is to be in a league with Li Zixiong, Jiang Zuo is not credible, Li Fengyun is even more eyeing, only Li Zixiong, an old general of the same era as his father Han Baohu, can be trusted. In the worst case, with Li Zixiong and him Han Shige, they can also fight a world in northern Xinjiang.

Li Zixiong smiled and raised his hand to Li Mengwei, "You are temporarily serving as the military officer of the new righteous duke, and you will go first with the new righteous duke." ”

Li Mengwei hurriedly stood up and bowed down to receive the order. Now he knew the purpose of Li Fengyun's insistence on entering Yanbei after returning to the alliance, nominally to prevent the invasion of the northern captives, but in fact to help the king of Qi seize the crown prince, but it was difficult for him to accept Li Fengyun's pessimistic prediction of the situation in the north and south. Judging from Li Mengwei's movements on both sides of the north and south, although the northern captives have developed rapidly in recent years, the possibility of an invasion from the south is not great, and at least at present, there are no sufficient conditions for the outbreak of a major war between the north and the south.

Of course, if the Middle-earth side takes the initiative to provoke a war, that is another matter. At the Fenglongshan military meeting, Li Zixiong said amazingly, Li Mengyan had to speculate with the greatest malice about Li Fengyun's true intention to enter Yanbei, if Li Fengyun really wanted to deliberately provoke the Civil War, the future of the northern frontier would not be good, and the biggest loss for Li Mengyan was that the smuggling interests were gone, so Li Mengyan had to plan for his future and see if he could "rely on" the big tree of King Qi to soar into the sky.

Li Zixiong solemnly instructed Han Shige, "You are very unfamiliar with the area of Lingqiu, Flying Fox, and Ulcheng, and you must discuss everything with Li Senjun, don't be arrogant, stumble, and miss a major event." ”

Han Shige was indeed very arrogant, but in the face of meritorious veterans like Li Zixiong, he could only pretend to be humble and respectfully agreed.

Li Zixiong pointed at Li Min and Niu Jinda again, "You lead the army to follow after Xinyigong, and after Lingqiu is captured, you will garrison Lingqiu, advance in the direction of Shaquan, and set up blocking battle formations in the west and north directions to block attacks that may come from the direction of Yanmen and Mayi." ”

Li Zixiong also pointed to Yue Gao, the commander of the Third Army of the Alliance, "Yue Tongjun stayed in Changshan Pass. Then Li Zixiong pointed to the map hanging on the side, "But Changshan Pass only needs a group of men and horses to stay behind, and your main task is to take the general manager to evacuate the Gaoyang battlefield, so you immediately take the main force to surround Wangdu, Chaoyang and Tangcheng north of Yaoshan, and advance to the front line of Lexiang and Qingliangcheng more than 100 miles away to ensure that the evacuation road of the general manager is unimpeded." ”

"After taking the Flying Fox, General Manager Guo, Zhong Tongjun, and Cao Tongjun killed Pu Yincheng as quickly as possible to support Chief Zhen." Li Zixiong looked at Guo Ming, Zhong Xin and Cao Kun, and his tone was solemn, "There must be a battle on the front line of Yishui and Juma River, although there are not many troops that can be deployed by Zhuo County to stay in Duanda, but I am afraid that the Holy Lord and the Palace will arrive at Linshuo Palace earlier than we expected, and once the Holy Lord goes south to reinforce with the Janissaries and Xiaoguo, our losses will be great." Speaking of this, Li Zixiong frowned, and said in a low voice, "I hope there won't be any accidents on Gao Yang's side, otherwise there will be a lot of trouble." ”

At this time, Han Shige suddenly asked, "Ming Gong, after taking the city, do you want to go north along the Qiyi River and attack the city all the way?" ”

"Of course, of course, we have to take advantage of the emptiness in Yanbei to attack hard, and grab as many cities as you can." Li Zixiong said without hesitation, "Yanbei is in an emergency, first of all, we must summon the Zhuojun Left-behind Mansion, which will inevitably shake Duan Da, after all, the importance of Yanbei is far greater than that of Gaoyang." Duan Da was in a dilemma, and the reinforcements to Gaoyang would inevitably weaken, which would help the Grand Governor and Zhen Governor evacuate Hebei. ”

Han Shige laughed, "Since that's the case, then So-and-so is going to give Duan Da a big surprise." ”

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July 26, dusk, Hejian County, Hebei Province, Houcheng.

Houcheng is located on the west bank of the river, and after crossing the river, it is Gaoyang Town for more than 50 miles. Du Yanbing, the commander of the Seventh Army of the Alliance, captured Houcheng with lightning speed and occupied Jinkou, which leads to Gaoyang.

Li Fengyun ordered the armies to rest for the time being, and began to cross the river after the early hours of the morning, and launched an attack on Gaoyang on the eve of dawn.

At the night military meeting, the heroes gathered in the military tent, smiling one by one, full of confidence, and their morale was very high. Hao Xiaode, Liu Heimin, Sun Xuanya and other Hebei heroes were originally very dissatisfied with Li Fengyun's arrangement, and it was not until Li Fengyun explained to them on the way north that everyone suddenly realized, and immediately admired Li Fengyun, and was even more determined to win the battle in Gaoyang.

In fact, it is very simple to say, it is the asymmetry of information, Li Fengyun knows the current situation of Gao Yang very well, but Hao Xiaode and others have no idea about the real situation of Gao Yang.

The city of Gaoyang is indeed tall and strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but because the Holy Lord built Gaoyang Palace between Gaoyang Town and the Hutuo River, the center of gravity of the garrison has also shifted to the palace city. However, neither Gaoyang City nor Gaoyang Palace was Li Fengyun's target, Li Fengyun's goal was a temporary warehouse built on the banks of the Hutuo River for the hoarding of grain and other materials.

During the Eastern Crusade, Gaoyang's materials were transported to Zhuojun by water, and it was natural to build a transit warehouse on Jinkou. This time Yang Xuangan rebellion, the Grand Canal was interrupted, in order to ensure the military needs of the Eastern Expedition, most of the counties in Hebei that were not affected by the rebellion naturally became the focus of the imperial court's key levy, coinciding with the summer grain harvest, just gave the local government the opportunity to expropriate violently, so the grain from all over the country was sent to Gaoyang in an endless stream, and the transit warehouse on Jinkou could not accommodate it, and it expanded rapidly.

After all, the thieves in the north of Bohai County, such as Geqian and Gao Kaidao, are only more than 400 miles away from Gaoyang, and the thieves in the plains and Qinghe are now also frequently active on the north bank of the Yongji Canal.

Xu Hua, the palace supervisor of Gaoyang and the commander of Gaoyang, specially asked Duan Da, who was left behind in Zhuo County, for help. Duan Da was too busy to take care of himself, and he was even more stretched in the deployment of troops, and he was powerless. Xu Hua was helpless, and asked for help from Hejian County, where Gaoyang is located, and its surrounding counties such as Shanggu, Boling, and Xindu, but the counties politely refused for various reasons. Now that thieves are rampant in Hebei, the county garrisons are dignitaries, and they are tyrannical and extortive, and they don't have enough manpower, where can they take care of Gaoyang? Besides, although Xu Hua's original place of origin is the Gaoyang clan of Hebei Province, but the Xu family has been "flourishing" in Jiangzuo since the southern crossing of the cloth, and now the Xu family belongs to the Jiangzuo aristocratic group, and Xu Hua himself is also valued by the Holy Lord.

As early as on the battlefield of the Eastern Capital, after receiving the news that the alliance had failed to loot enough food in advance of the north, Li Fengyun began to "pay attention to Gaoyang Town, and for this reason he inquired for information related to Gaoyang in many ways." Later, when he met with the King of Qi, he made up his mind to fight Gaoyang, because only in this way could he give the King of Qi a "high-sounding" best excuse to go north to pursue and kill the alliance, so he asked the King of Qi to provide detailed information about Gaoyang Town. King Qi comprehended and acted quickly, and before Li Fengyun arrived at Fenglong Mountain, the specific news about Gao Yang was delivered.

The Gaoyang Governor's Mansion has the right to requisition and transfer the armed forces of the local township regiments and clans in the surrounding counties and counties of Gaoyang, but because of the Eastern Expedition, most of these local armed forces went to Liaodong, and the rest were also requisitioned by the local counties, so now the Gaoyang Governor's Mansion can actually call only one Gaoyang Yingyangfu, five regiments and one thousand eagle Yangwei, and this Thousand Eagles Yangwei is now all the garrison forces of Gaoyang, and they are scattered in Gaoyang Palace, Gaoyang City and Jinkou Warehouse, which shows the weakness of Gaoyang's garrison force.

Xu Hua was also exhausted about Gaoyang's safety, and if he wanted to sing well, he had to bluff, so he tried his best to make the illusion that multiple reinforcements were stationed in Gaoyang, and made a big fanfare, making it known to everyone, everyone thought that Gaoyang was heavily garrisoned, heavily guarded, and impregnable.

However, Li Fengyun saw through his empty city plan and doomed Xu Hua to defeat Gaoyang.

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