Chapter 598: Unexpected
Li Fengyun saw that none of the alliance commanders had the will to risk attacking Gaoyang, and Li Xiong, Han Shige, Zhou Zhong and others did not have the determination to fight to the death with their limited strength, after all, the analysis and deduction were still things on paper in the end, and Li Fengyun could not reduce the huge threat brought by the Holy Lord's visit to Zhuo County, so Li Fengyun resolutely decided not to waste any more time, acted arbitrarily, and directly gave orders.
"The left army is under the command of Jianchang Gong (Li Zixiong), under the jurisdiction of the six armies, Xin Yigong (Han Shige) and Yining Gong (Zhou Zhong) each lead one army, the governor Guo Ming leads the first, second and third armies of the alliance, and Li Min and Niu Jinda's 23rd army of the alliance are all controlled by Jianchang Gong."
"The officials of the Great Governor's Mansion, the Alliance's baggage battalion, and the old and weak women and children who follow the Alliance to the north, are protected by the Governor Han Shou and the cavalry army, and follow the army on the left to the north."
"Before the three-way army joined Feihu, the Duke of Jianchang was in charge of the military and political affairs of the Great Governor's Office, and the officials of the Great Governor's Office all obeyed the orders of the Duke of Jianchang."
As soon as these words came out, Li Zixiong, Li Min, Han Shige, Zhou Zhong and others were overjoyed, while the alliance heroes were in an uproar, and some people immediately shouted excitedly.
The left army bears the heavy responsibility of opening up a foothold in the alliance, which is related to the life and death of the alliance, its importance is self-evident, and it is natural that the alliance commanders should bear this important task, in addition, this mountain centered on the flying fox is the "throat" of smuggling between the north and the south, Lingqiu, the flying fox and Ulcheng must have a lot of wealth, and these riches should naturally be filled by the alliance commanders, how can they be given to "outsiders"?
Li Fengyun pressed his hands weakly, signaled the heroes to be calm and listen to his explanation.
"The task of going north is very heavy, but the time to complete the task is very short, ten days for a full fight." Li Fengyun said, "Before the 30th of July, the army on the left must take Flying Fox City, and before the first day of the first month of August, the army on the left must take Puyincheng to open the retreat channel for the army on the middle road that is blocking the enemy army on the front line of Yishui and Juma River. Although after the middle route army arrives in Yishui, it will also send a partial division to attack Puyincheng, but taking Puyincheng does not mean that there is a way out, and Flying Fox City must be taken to complete this retreat. If the army on the left is blocked from attacking the Flying Fox, the result can be imagined, in order to reduce losses and preserve strength, the army on the middle road can only retreat to Boling County and go north through Changshan Pass, so that the army on the right line attacking Gaoyang will either have limited captivity or have no time to retreat, and will be forced to go south to Yongji Canal to survive. ”
Li Fengyun looked at the heroes and asked sternly, "Which of you dares to take the head and guarantee that you can take Flying Fox City within ten days, and I will hand over the important task of going north to you." ”
No one responded, but someone was very unconvinced and asked, "If Gong Jianchang fails to take Flying Fox City within ten days, will Duke Ming also take his head?" ”
Before Li Fengyun could answer, Li Zixiong's voice had already sounded, as sharp as a knife, "Do you want the old man to make a military order?" ”
There was a sudden silence. Li Zixiong has been fighting horses all his life, with countless achievements and outstanding achievements, these heroes can't look at them at all, and it's okay to shout blindly when they are impulsive, but they really have no courage to go toe-for-tat. Although people are tigers in Pingyang, and they are still a tiger in the sunset, but after all, it is also a "tiger", if you want to "bully" him, you have to see if you have the strength, and you must not accidentally lose yourself.
Li Zixiong knew Li Fengyun's "intentions", so he was not aggressive, but opened the skylight to speak brightly and treat people with sincerity, "The chief manager needs unity within the alliance, and the whole unity needs to be built on mutual trust." The boss asked us to go north to fight the Flying Fox, just to give us a chance to win your trust. If you trust the old man, the old man will make a military order with the head of the head. Before July 30, if the old man did not take the flying fox and did not open a retreat channel for the middle army, the old man's head would be yours. ”
There was no more opposition in the house. In fact, as soon as they heard that they had to take down the flying fox within ten days, the heroes immediately gave up their minds. Who can be sure that the Flying Fox will be taken in ten days? This task is too difficult, and it is obvious that only Li Zixiong, who has the most experience in combat, can undertake this heavy task.
Li Fengyun was very grateful to see Li Zixiong so "understanding", and bowed down to thank him in front of all the heroes.
Li Fengyun does have the intention of letting Li Zixiong, Han Shige and others use this opportunity to make contributions to the alliance, after all, if you want to win the respect and trust of the heroes, you must not rely on your noble identity alone.
There is another reason why Li Fengyun can't say, but Li Zixiong should have understood. The right army attacking Gaoyang may fail, and the middle army that blocks the Weifu army head-on may also fail, and if they fail, the heroes will flee, as long as they are alive, they can pull up the team and start over, but Li Zixiong and Han Shige and others can't take such a risk, Li Fengyun must ensure that they live, so of course they must be used as the front to go north to seize a piece of territory, otherwise the northward plan is equivalent to failure, and the cooperation with the king of Qi is impossible to talk about, as for the goal of taking advantage of the opportunity of the Great War between the North and the South to rise according to the north is even more unattainable.
Why did Li Fengyun guarantee that Li Zixiong and Han Shige and other nobles must live? This is not only the need to cooperate with King Qi, but also the need for the development and growth of the alliance.
If the alliance wants to grow and develop, it will definitely not be able to rely on these heroes from humble backgrounds. The heroes are congenitally insufficient, the strength is not enough, what they lack is not wisdom, but "resources", this resource includes ideas, knowledge, vision, connections, wealth, etc., so today's Middle-earth is still the world of the gate lord clan, and the children of the wealthy families are still the elite of Middle-earth, the mainstay of social development. If the alliance wants to have a brilliant future, if the heroes want to realize their dreams and become emerging nobles who rise with military merits, Li Fengyun must trust and reuse these nobles, and once the interests of each other are strengthened and consolidated, and everyone works together to seek the future, then the alliance will have the capital to compete for hegemony.
Li Fengyun can't say this idea, he can only bury it in his heart, and he can only rely on his own control of the alliance to realize it little by little, once it is exposed, it will definitely anger the heroes, everyone will deviate from morality, and the consequences are self-evident.
In addition, there is another reason that cannot be declared, which is also aimed at the heroes, that is, Li Fengyun cannot guarantee that after the capture of Lingqiu, Flying Fox and Ulcheng, the heroes can control their own ** in the face of the temptation of smuggling wealth, once they can't control it, they will kill and kill, burn and plunder, it will inevitably anger the local government, local forces and local residents, so that the shape will be out of control, and it will inevitably endanger the implementation of the foothold plan, and the consequences will be strict, and it will be too late to regret it.
In order to prevent trouble, Li Fengyun can only choose Li Zixiong and Han Shige and other nobles, most of them are both civil and military, some of them have served as important officials in both military and political circles, and have rich experience in military and political management.
"The army on the right is personally commanded by so-and-so."
As soon as Li Fengyun said this, many heroes secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Since Li Fengyun entrusted the important task of going north to Li Zixiong, then it was natural for him to go to Gaoyang, which was expected, but there were accidents in everything, and no one dared to guarantee that there would be no variables before Li Fengyun announced it. No one wants to fight Gao Yang, the odds of winning are too small, even if they are defeated, the price is very heavy, and all the heroes don't want to gnaw on that "hard bone".
"The head manager Xu 13 led the Fengyun army to attack Gaoyang with a certain one." Li Fengyun raised his hand and pointed at Hao Xiaode and Sun Xuanya, "The five armies under the front road governor's office and the three armies under the back road governor's office also attacked Gaoyang with a certain one. ”
Hao Xiaode, Liu Heimin, and Sun Xuanya were just a few heroes who secretly breathed a sigh of relief just now, but in a blink of an eye, Li Fengyun gave them a big "surprise", they didn't expect that Li Fengyun would put his own elite main force on the middle of the battlefield, which was completely beyond their expectations.
But it makes sense to think about it. As long as there is enough time, Li Zixiong should be able to take down the flying fox and seize a foothold for the alliance, and Gao Yang's side can more or less loot some food, so as not to return empty-handed. But Zhuojun is too close to Gaoyang, less than five hundred miles, both land and water can be reached, reinforcements are coming in an instant, and what is even stricter is that the Holy Lord and the center are about to arrive in Zhuojun, the tiger's ass can't be touched, the alliance's move is purely a provocation, openly slapping the emperor and the central government in the face, is it tolerable or unbearable, under the anger of the Holy Lord, it will inevitably attack with heavy troops. From this, we can imagine what kind of predicament the alliance army will encounter in the blocking battlefield, once the alliance army cannot resist and collapses for thousands of miles, the middle and right armies of the alliance are in danger of annihilation.
In this case, how could Li Fengyun hand over the heavy task of blocking to Hao Xiaode, Liu Heimin and other heroes? These Hebei heroes themselves have limited strength, and they have concerns about entering Yanbei, and some people are homesick and always want to return to their hometown to be a soil overlord, and it is obviously unrealistic to expect them to do their best to block the Weifu army in the direction of Zhuo County. For Li Fengyun, the defeat and destruction of these heroes will not endanger the foundation of the alliance, I am afraid that they will affect the alliance's foothold, once they are captured and leak secrets, the Weifu army in the direction of Zhuojun will cross the Taihang Mountain to kill the flying fox, and take advantage of the alliance's unstable foothold to attack head-on, then it will be completely over.
"The middle road army is led by the chief manager Zhen Baoche, and the chief manager Lu Xingxing is the deputy."
Li Fengyun continued to give orders, "Under the jurisdiction of the alliance tiger army, hussar army, the fourth and fifth armies of the alliance led by Xiahou Zhe, the five armies of the left road governor's mansion led by the governor Wang Bo, and the four armies of the right road governor's mansion led by the governor Huo Xiaohan, a total of about 50,000 soldiers of the thirteen armies, and the Yishui and Juma rivers to block the enemy's army, and do their best to win enough time for the left and right armies. ”
The generals agreed with a bang and received orders one after another.
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