Chapter 330: Zhang Xutuo's Indignation
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At the beginning of March, Yang Lan, the king of Qi, led his army into Qi County and forced Zhongchuanshui.
Li Fengyun and Chen soldiers were on the line of Changqing, Shagou and Shanchi, and tens of thousands of troops built an arc-shaped half-moon defense line with Zhongchuan Water as the axis.
The two sides were tense and the atmosphere was very tense as soon as the battle was about to be fought, but the soldiers on both sides were very relaxed under the tense atmosphere. As early as last summer, the soldiers of the two armies began to fight a "tacit understanding" war, and the fight was very lively, the army of the king of Qi was chased from Henan to Xuzhou, and from Xuzhou to Qilu, the battle was fought one after another, and some people died, but they were never able to defeat the rebels, and gradually everyone showed the mystery from it, so the two sides fought more and more "tacit understanding", and each time they would fight "earth-shattering" but would never hurt their muscles and bones, so that after the battle, the battlefield was a mess but could not find half of the stump and broken arm, which shows that the two sides have tacitly understood to a certain level.
In the face of the majestic and murderous officers and troops, the alliance soldiers were calm and confident, only Pei Changzi and Shi Zihe, who had just joined the alliance, were frightened and uneasy, but Li Fengyun "stared" at them, not only put the reorganized Pei Changzi's Twelfth Army and Shi Changhe's Tenth Army on the left flank of the entire defense line, but also personally commanded them to fight against the official army.
At the beginning of the battle, these two strict zhòng lacked combat effectiveness of the army almost collapsed, but the officers and troops fought very modestly, as soon as they saw that the opponent was not good, they immediately retreated, gave the opponent enough time to rest, and then came up to fight, just like an offensive and defensive drill, the point was stopped, it looked like a fierce fight, the drums and trumpets shook the sky, the arrows were like rain, and the killing sound was like thunder.
However, after all, this is a real war, the slightest carelessness will have a life-threatening fear, the veteran army can easily deal with it, a group of recruits will not work, you must play a full twelve points of spirit, force yourself to do your best to integrate into the battlefield, adapt to the bloody and cruel fighting, only in this way can you survive, the result can be imagined, these two teams that have just been rebuilt, their growth has reached an incredible level.
Soon, Lu County guarded Li Min, and Eagle Strike Lang Niu Jinda also brought more than 3,000 local armed forces into Qi County and joined the "hot" Qi County battlefield.
On the one hand, Yang Nan, the king of Qi, sent an envoy to Licheng, urging Zhang Xutuo to take the initiative to attack the white thieves before and after him, and on the other hand, he hurriedly played the eastern capital, detailing the reasons why the Qilu thieves were too rampant, because a large number of Hebei thieves went south, and the shape of Qi County suddenly deteriorated, which had endangered the second sea-crossing expedition of the Donglai Naval Division.
In early March, the news of Li Fengyun's fierce battle with Yang Lan, the king of Qi, on the front line of Zhongchuan River, quickly spread to Licheng on the north bank of the Great River, and Wang Bo and Hao Xiaode and other Hebei heroes did not hesitate, and immediately ordered to cross the river to the south and kill Qi County.
At this moment, Zhang Xutuo had received a secret letter from Zhou Fashang, the deputy head of the water division, and confirmed that Zhou Fashang had agreed to his request, and the main force of the water division was about to enter the battlefield of Qi County along the waterway of the big river to cut off the retreat of the Hebei thieves, so he decided to take the initiative to attack.
Zhang Xutuo ordered Jia Wuben to lead 2,000 men and horses to stay in Licheng, closely monitor the Zhongchuan Water Battlefield, in case of accidents, and personally led 20,000 horses and infantry troops out of the city to attack.
Before leaving, Jia Wuben reminded Zhang Xutuo that Yang Lan, the king of Qi, had come to the book several times to meet to fight the white thief, although Zhang Xutuo did not believe in Yang Lan, the king of Qi, and had no intention of fighting the white thief with him, but he had to give a reply to the reason, after all, the king of Qi was the son of the holy lord and the most honorable prince of the dynasty.
"The heart of King Qi and Qilu is known to passers-by." Zhang Xutuo sneered and asked rhetorically, "If you grovel to him, will he change his mind and no longer seek to seize Qi County?" ”
Jia Wuben was speechless, worried, and ominous thoughts enveloped his heart.
Zhang Xutuo has a stubborn personality, rather than yielding, upright, and easy to offend people, because of this, when his patron Yang Su, the old Yue Guogong, died, he was quickly driven out of the Wei Mansion and transferred to the local administrator. I thought that Xiao Yue Guogong would be able to revive the "heroic style" and help him return to the Wei Mansion, but unfortunately, the tiger father and the dog, Yang Xuangan's lack of meritorious service has become a "short board" in his politics, and it is difficult to convince the public even if the official worships the ruler by relying on his ancestors, let alone winning a place in the military. Xiao Yue Guogong lacks the right to speak in the military, and of course he can't shelter those loyal subordinates of the old Yue Guogong, and middle and senior officers like Zhang Xutuo can only stay in the local area for the time being and continue to endure.
The grievances in Zhang Xutuo's heart can be imagined. He is a Hongnong person, and the nobles of Hongnong are all vassals of the Yang family, so he has followed the old Yue Guogong to conquer the world since the beginning of the army, which is not subject to his will, when he finally left the army because of the tilt between the political factions, left the battlefield of his bloody battles, left the achievements and merits, and left his ideals, especially the Western Expedition and the Eastern Expedition, such a heavy war, he an old army actually became a spectator, which made him feel even more painful and resentful, and also made him extremely hateful to the politician and the politician.
Fortunately, the Qilu traitors swarmed, he was able to "return to his old business", and also saw the hope of returning to the Weifu and going further in his career, however, the politicians and politicians who made him frustrated were like ghosts that never went away, rushing to the land of Qilu, blowing a gust of wind, which had the potential to sweep him away, and it was true, Zhang Xutuo's status, status, power and strength were limited, in the face of a large group of military and political bosses, he would be swallowed up if he was not careful, and he didn't even have the power to fight back. Therefore, he pinned all his hopes on this battle against the thieves, as long as he won the war, defeated the traitors, stabilized the Qi County, and ensured the sailors to cross the sea expedition, he would definitely win the praise of the Holy Lord.
Now Zhang Xutuo no longer has much expectations for Xiao Yue Guogong, just imagine that Xiao Yue Guogong has been in the center for several years, not only did he not reach out to the military to protect Lao Yue Guogong's old subordinates, but he could only stay on the wall in the Eastern Capital in such a heavy war of the Eastern Crusade, which shows that his situation at the top of the power is far from as glamorous as it seems.
Zhang Xutuo couldn't count on Xiaoyue Guogong, as a member of the Heluogong aristocratic group, he couldn't change his court, so he could only rely on himself. After all these years of setbacks, Zhang Xutuo also came to a conclusion that the court is the world of reformers, and the holy lord is the leader of the reformers.
Based on this conclusion, as well as the current situation of the political situation in the Eastern Capital and the situation in Qilu, Zhang Xutuo made a decision that even if he completely offended Yang Lan, the king of Qi, he would never risk offending the Holy Lord and the reformers. It's a big deal to offend Yang Lan, the king of Qi, to be suppressed by the local nobles of Guanlong, but if he offends the Holy Lord and the reformers, not to mention his career, I'm afraid that even his life is in danger. Therefore, Zhang Xutuo didn't pay attention to Jia Wuben's warning at all, although he knew that he had done too much "fire" in dealing with Yang Lan, the king of Qi, and would inevitably bury unforeseen disasters for himself and Qi County, but there were too many lessons from the past, and the bloody lessons were shocking, Zhang Xutuo knew that his ability was limited, and a roaring whirlpool that accidentally fell into the battle for the emperor must be a corpse without bones, and countless people were involved.
"Ming Gong, from the current war situation, if we can cooperate with the army of King Qi and attack the white thieves before and after, we will definitely be able to drive the white thieves out of the battlefield of Qi County, so that the shape on the battlefield of Qi County will be very conducive to our joint encirclement and suppression of the two anti-thieves of Hebei and Qilu with the Navy Division."
Qin Qiong spoke, this thought had been held in his heart for a long time.
Qin Qiong's view of the battle situation in Qijun was the same as that of Zhang Xutuo, but in the end, Zhang Xutuo's decision was far from the previous analysis and deduction of the battle situation, and it could even be said to be contrary, which led the 20,000 soldiers to take great risks in the next battle, which was obviously contrary to Zhang Xutuo's consistent combat style.
Zhou Fashang, the deputy head of the water division, clearly warned Zhang Xutuo in the letter not to be blindly confident, not to be delusional about eating three at a time, it is already very good to be able to cooperate with the water master and eat two anti-thieves. With Zhou Fashang's military experience, why was he so cautious when the strength of the officers and troops on the battlefield of Qi County had a clear advantage? In fact, everyone knows it, but no one wants to say it.
On the one hand, Zhou Fashang's caution is due to the ambition of Yang Nan, the king of Qi, to seize the power of Qilu, and on the other hand, because the head of the water division, Shi Cui Junsu, is from the wealthy family of the Cui family in Qinghe and has a strong desire to safeguard the interests of Shandong, especially Hebei, so when Zhang Xutuo, the Guanlong person, and Zhou Fashang, the Jiangzuo person, join forces to kill the Hebei and Qilu anti-thief army, who dares to guarantee that Cui Junsu will not be hacked at a critical moment?
So how to ensure that the "one eats two" strategy is implemented smoothly? First of all, it is necessary to defeat the white thieves and drive the strongest rebel army out of the battlefield of Qi County, so as to buy enough time for Zhang Xutuo and Zhou Fashang to join forces to suppress the thieves. Now Qi Wang Yang Lan is at the foot of Mount Tai, just by the Zhongchuan water, on the sand ditch and the mountain line with the white thief fierce battle, as long as Zhang Xu Tuoquan accepts the invitation of Qi King Yang Lan, the two armies before and after the white thief, will be able to win a battle, temporarily solve the biggest threat of the white thief.
However, such a winning strategy, Zhang Xutuo turned a blind eye and ignored it, why? He can't see the fighter planes contained in this? If he doesn't seize this opportunity, the danger contained in it will be infinitely magnified, and the white thief is very likely to take the risk of dividing his troops at a critical moment, one will continue to block Yang Lan, the king of Qi, and the other will attack from behind Zhang Xutuo, so that the Hebei anti-thief will contain Zhou Fashang, and the white thief will take the opportunity to attack Zhang Xutuo with the Qilu anti-thief. The fact that the white thieves and the Qilu anti-thieves can't attack the fortified fortifications doesn't mean that they can't fight in the field, and the Qi army, which has just expanded its army after losing a strong city, has the ability to resist the attack of the two anti-thieves? With such a clear and visible huge risk, can't Zhang Xutuo see it?
Zhang Xutuo glanced at Qin Qiong, his expression was complicated, and after a long time, he finally said, "Duke Jianchang (Li Zixiong) is coming to the aid, according to Duke Qiao's wishes, Duke Jianchang should bear the heavy responsibility of fighting the white thief before and after the King of Qi." ”
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