Chapter 246: The Eve of the Decisive Battle (Part II)
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Liu Cun, who didn't expect this plan to succeed, was stunned for a while, and after coming back to his senses, he hurriedly stepped forward and helped Zhang Shuo, Yan Liang and Jiao Rong with tears on their faces one by one:
"Good, good! Now I'm completely relieved! Please rest assured, I will not let you meet General Yuan Benchu and his former colleagues, in addition, I will also hand over the upcoming Jizhou Second Division to you to form, and give you priority to replacing the best equipment of our army, so that you can start training and quickly become an army. ”
"I hope you can regain your strength and rebuild the military prestige of Jizhou, because not only I am watching you, but the fathers and villagers of Jizhou, all the heroes of the world, and even the Son of Heaven trapped in Chang'an City are watching you."
Yan Liang and the three of them knelt down again, and after standing up again, they didn't hesitate or frustrate at all, they raised their heads one by one, and their eyes were extremely resolute.
After Liu Cun told him again, he sent away Yan Liang and the three of them, who were eager to go to the military camp outside the south gate to reorganize the old department, patted Zhao Yun who was full of reverence beside him, forcibly held back the pride in his heart, walked down the city with his hands behind his back, and soon rode back to the Shuai Mansion under the escort of Zhao Yun and the guards, and he didn't notice that in the crowd standing at the crossroads called Xuanwu Street, there was a girl wearing a sarong hat and a graceful figure who had been looking at him carefully, until his Gao Jun's back was blocked by dozens of guards and disappeared into the corner of the inner city, The young girl stood still motionless for a long time.
At night, Yecheng, which was lit by countless blazing bonfires, gradually quieted down, and Geng Wu, the new commander of the Jizhou soldiers and horses and the commander of the Ninth Division, and Zhai Chao, the deputy general, who had hurriedly spent dinner, rode their war horses again and circled the city. Patrol the heavily guarded military barracks and major important places in the city.
Ji Governor Shi Minchun also did not relax. Together with Zhao Li and other strategists, he once again summoned the rich gentry and celebrities in the city to gather in the state capital. Discuss the development plan for the revitalization of Jizhou's hundred industries, and throw out the important question of "whether to introduce a new policy in Qingzhou to quickly form government offices at all levels", and implore the flattered celebrities and rich gentry who are eager to get a piece of the pie to speak freely.
The battle reports of the scouts in front of them continued to be sent into the brightly lit Shuaifu, Liu Cun and Tai Shici, Xu Sheng, Geng Wu and other henchmen gathered in front of the large map, and the young generals Zhao Yun and Chen Zhisu stood aside to study humbly, listening to the lord repeatedly calculate the marching speed of Yuan Shao's army and predict the various tricks that Yuan Shao might perform.
After a short period of thought, Tai Shici, who had already shown the demeanor of a general and had become more mature and steady, said with a smile: "Yuan Shao and the strategists under his command who are famous broadcasters probably don't have much choice. The Xianbei cavalry has been driven out of Youzhou by friendly forces, Hedong and Hanoi have long been firmly controlled by our army, and even the main force of the Yellow Turban Army entrenched in Taihang Mountain has been gathering in the Shangdang area at this time, ready to accept a large number of ordnance and grain and grass presented by General Guan Hai and military divisions, and then go north side by side with General Guan Hai to expel Yu Fuluo's troops who have occupied and occupied the state for several years. ”
"Looking at it, it is impossible for Yuan Benchu to get any foreign aid at this moment, except for a heart-to-heart fight with our army, there is only one way left to flee to the west and escape into Taihang Mountain, so there is no need to be too scrupulous. Just think about how to avoid casualties as much as possible after an engagement. ”
"The subordinates agree with General Ziyi's opinion, and they don't have to worry too much about casualties. Completing the work in one battle, completely determining Jizhou is our biggest strategic goal! Since Yuan Shao still dares to come to find death, we don't need to be polite, we can eradicate this fang in one fell swoop to make people completely reassured. Xu Sheng, whose beard was getting darker and darker, said generously and bluntly.
Liu Cun smiled self-deprecatingly, and casually threw down the charcoal pen in his hand: "It seems that I am too worried, haha...... Okay! This battle is under the full command of the two of you, and I don't care, haha! ”
Xu Sheng was stunned: "Could it be that the lord is about to go south to Xuzhou?" ”
Liu Cun hurriedly waved his hand: "There is Mr. Gongsun sitting in Xuzhou, where can I worry about it?" It's okay, you guys keep busy, I'll be lazy for a while, and I'll go about my own personal affairs first, haha! ”
Xu Sheng looked at the back of Liu Cun Shi Ran leaving, scratched his head and turned to Tai Shi Ci in confusion: "What's the matter?" The lord is a little abnormal tonight! ”
Tai Shici smiled mysteriously: "I guess I'm going to see Mr. Zhen Yi, who has been waiting for a long time, and when this battle is over, maybe I can drink the lord's wedding wine, haha!" ”
Xu Sheng suddenly realized, Zhao Yun and Chen Zhi couldn't help but sneer when they remembered the appearance of their lord's gains and losses at dinner, and the more than ten young people on the side couldn't help laughing, each face was filled with incomparable happiness and relaxed confidence.
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Fifty miles north of Julu, under the Lying Cow Gang.
More than a dozen Qingzhou Army scouts dressed in strong armor with their heads and faces tightly wrapped in them, hidden in the gradually withering bushes, stared at the five Yuan Army cavalry galloping from north to south on the trail more than 300 steps ahead.
Although the scouts were all holding special steel crossbows equipped with sharp arrows, and there were more than 20 high-quality war horses in the forest behind them that had fully recovered their strength, they did not seem to have any intention of intercepting the five Yuan cavalry, and watched the five Yuan cavalry go away.
"Uncle Ting, Uncle Ting, this is already the third wave of messengers sent by the Yuan army to the south, just let it go, my little nephew and I are panicking, and it is not uncommon to capture and remember the merits, but those high-headed horses under their crotch are rare horses outside the Saiwai, which makes people greedy, it's a pity to miss it like this!"
The young scout lazily put away the steel crossbow, turned around, sat on the ground with his back to the small tree with a regretful face, shook his huge head, untied the skin on his waist and took a big sip, and the unique fragrance of Langya spirits for the army instantly drifted away.
The scout captain known as Uncle Ting turned around from under a bare but still dense bush in front of him, half-closed bloodshot eyes, glanced at his subordinates who were sitting on the ground and took out their skins to drink to keep out the cold, sighed helplessly, squatted down beside the young scout, took the wine bag he handed over and whispered:
"Do you think Lao Tzu doesn't want to intercept a few waves of Yuan Jun messengers and scouts? As long as one of his mother's daughters is caught again, Lao Tzu will be able to accumulate merit and be promoted to the next level, and put a set of beautiful armor at the level of a lieutenant on his body, and when the ground in Jizhou is calmed down, he will be able to unload his armor and return to the field comfortably in accordance with the regulations of the army, and live happily with the two mothers-in-law at home guarding one hundred and fifty acres of military merit field! ”
"But this time is different from the past, brothers, in order to kill the enemy general Lu Yi who escaped from the friendly forces in Youzhou and our army again and again, as well as the defeated generals of the 3,000 remnants of the army under his command, our General Fu and General Zhang must not have been able to sleep peacefully these days, and finally found the traces of the enemy again, and mobilized two elite cavalry overnight to bypass nearly 100 miles to the south to set up an ambush, how could it be possible to alarm the 3,000 enemies hiding in the forest in the north in order to catch one or two shrimp soldiers and crab generals? In case we let Koji, who is more cunning than a fox, escape again, how can we explain to the brothers in the whole army? ”
The young vice-captain with a messy beard on the side echoed repeatedly: "That's it!" You brainless thieves don't think about it, what do you mean by being a little unbearable and plotting a big one? In order to encircle and annihilate the cunning enemy general Lu Yi, how much effort did our two divisions and 30,000 brothers go? ”
"This is the last chance to annihilate Lu Yi, if he is alarmed, he will flee to the mountains to the west again, and everything he did before will be all fucking wasted! Do you understand? ”
After listening to the instructions of the two leaders, no one dared to complain except nodding their heads, and all of them happily took out their dry food and began to eat, and took the time to serve their beloved horses, and when they were finished, they found a dry place to lie down and rest, and waited for the coming of the great war.
The rest of the battle didn't have much to do with them, at most they would join the rest of the squad within a radius of five miles to defend the road ahead and intercept the remnants of the enemy who had escaped from the ambush circle to the south. (To be continued......)