"Martial arts are good!" Li Cunhuan praised, "It's a pity that the martial arts are too single and unstoppable." Perseverance is good for a soldier, but if you are the commander of a large army, it will inevitably seem to be presumptuous! ”

"This is a strong man, and he can't be evaluated as handsome!" Zhou Dewei said on the side, quite appreciative of Yuan Xingqin. Seeing that Li Cunhuan's evaluation of Yuan Xingqin was not high, he immediately retorted.

When Li Cunhuan heard this, he also felt that his expectations were too high, thinking about how many people under his command could be called handsome? There are not many generals who are talented, don't think that everyone is a talent of Han Xin.

Immediately, Li Cunhuan asked Yuan Xingqin about some things about the art of war, Yuan Xingqin was very nervous in the face of Li Cunhuan, and his speech was inevitably a little incoherent, but overall, Yuan Xingqin's ability to serve as a pioneer was still there. But Li Cunhuan feels too much loss, the person recommended by Zhou Dewei is actually a "mediocre talent"? Indeed, compared to Lu Long's current talents, Yuan Xingqin is just a barely qualified pioneer officer, and such a person Zhou Dewei actually strongly recommends it.

Zhou Dewei didn't say much, and after leaving with Yuan Xingqin, he came back. complained to Li Cunhuan: "Your Highness, this is a loyal and righteous person, how can you treat it like this!" ”

"It's just a mediocre talent!" Li Cunhuan commented noncommittally.

Zhou Dewei has no choice, he can't make trouble with Li Cunhuan for the sake of a Yuan Xingqin. Zhou Dewei changed his words and asked, "Has Your Highness thought about the candidates for sending troops this time?" ”

"It has been preliminarily determined, the people who regain the lost territory this time must be brave and strategic, I want to take Abaoji as the main commander, Xue Atan as the deputy commander, and the vanguard. As for those who attack Yiwu, I am ready to fight in person! So that Wang Gao's kid knows that this world is not as simple as he thinks! Li Cunhuan said viciously.

"Your Highness is taking such a risk, isn't it? Now that chaos is rising, we should sit in the central government and coordinate all parties is the king. Zhou Dewei frowned and said right.

"Heroes are blood-stained battlefields, where are there those who sit and wait for death in luxurious palaces? And in this troubled world, it should be domineering, not the royal way! When Li Cunhuan heard this, he didn't like it. As a horse to win the throne, it is not that he disagrees with the strategy and wins thousands of miles away. It's that the communication in this era is just too poor.

In fact, the reason why the Song Dynasty was often defeated in foreign wars was because the battle route had been discussed before the battle, and the commander was not allowed to respond to the situation on the battlefield at all.

Not to mention that the battlefield is the most unsatisfactory place in the world, and you can't imagine that you will be defeated when you have already touched the fruits of victory. It's like Chibi Cao Ying, before the Battle of Chibi, who would be optimistic about Sun Liu? I'm afraid that Sun Quan and Liu Bei themselves are not optimistic about themselves, but because there is no way to retreat, they are fighting back.

Therefore, even if you are defeated, you can do your best to maintain the most vital force and try to make a comeback.

"Alright! But I don't know who His Highness is going to send to stay in Youzhou? Seeing that Li Cunhuan couldn't say it, Zhou Dewei asked helplessly. Since he couldn't persuade Li Cunhuan, Zhou Dewei also dutifully improved all the loopholes that could be improved.

"Naturally, you and Zhang Chengye will take care of the four towns of Hebei Province for me, you are in charge of the army, Zhang Chengye is in charge of the people, if there is anything that cannot be coordinated, consult Yang Shihou's opinion, and the minority obeys the majority!" Li Cunhuan seemed to have been prepared a long time ago, spoke smoothly, and came as soon as he opened his mouth, without any thought.

Seeing Li Cunhuan's current appearance, Zhou Dewei also knew that Li Cunhuan's decision to personally recruit was by no means a whim, and he originally wanted to encourage Zhang Chengye, Yang Shihou, Yelu Abaoji and other important ministers to persuade Li Cunhuan.

………… At noon the next day, after a short oath in Youzhou, the army set off in two ways. Yelu Abaoji on the left road was the main commander, and Xue Atan was the vanguard officer first, with a total of 5,000 light cavalry and 3,000 Youzhou regiment training.

On the right side, Li Cunhuan is the commander-in-chief, Feng Dao and Park Jinghui are the commanders, Jiang Yingjie is the deputy general, and Yuan Xingqin is the vanguard. A total of 10,000 loyal and filial piety troops, 5,000 white horses.

At the same time, the Danzhou and Shunzhou regiments were transferred to train 10,000 soldiers to go south to Youzhou. Transferred 3,000 light cavalry from Wuzhou to Juyong Pass, advanced to support Pang Kongming's Wuzhou and Xinzhou, and retreated to hold Youzhou. These soldiers and horses are to supplement the lack of troops in Youzhou after Li Cunhuan and Yelu Abaoji took away a large number of soldiers and horses.

The army marched all the way, but in one day it came to Fanyang, and in front of Fanyang was the tuan water. It is a trench for Yizhou to fight against Lulong, and if you can't cross the water, don't want to attack Yizhou from the direction of Youzhou. The only option is to take a detour through the state of Mozambique. However, it is precisely because of the steep terrain of Yiwu that he was able to survive in the gap between the two princes of Lulong and Hedong by virtue of the land of only two states.

Besides, Wang Gao, when he saw Li Cunhuan sending troops, he was also scared. Although Yiwu is a feudal town, it is only a land of two states. There are only more than 20,000 soldiers, and these soldiers can defend the city, and the attackers, that is, the 5,000 elite soldiers who are now in the hands of Wang Chuzhi can be used, and now they can only rely on natural dangers to block Li Cunhuan's attack.

But Wang Gao is helpless! Regret it! Now that his sin is dead, Li Cunhuan has no way to seek peace. People like Wang Gao obviously only care about immediate interests, and do not look at future dangers. Helplessly, he invited the veteran Zhang Gongqing. This Zhang Gongqing has a bit of origin, he is Wang Gao's father, Wang Chucun's general.

Compared with Wang Gao, who inherited his father's business, Wang Chucun was a famous general in the Tang Dynasty, not only participated in many wars against Huangchao, but also defeated Lu Long's army with fewer victories. And Zhang Gongqing is a general under his command, who has participated in many battles with Huangchao, and led 3,000 elite soldiers to cooperate with the soldiers and horses of various feudal towns to exterminate Huangchao's army in Mount Tai.

As soon as Zhang Gongqing saw Wang Gao's face, he pointed at Wang Gao's nose and scolded Wang Gao. Wang Gao's plan to attack Lu Long, most people did not agree. Don't look at Hedong to support you, but Hedong is behind the scenes. If it succeeds, it will definitely be Hedong who will take the lion's lead. If it fails, it's even worse. Lu Long may not be able to help Hedong, but the small town of Yiwu is still more than enough, so offending Lu Long is obviously more than worth the loss.

But no matter how Zhang Gongqing scolded, he was a volunteer general, and he was deeply appreciated by Wang Chucun, and it was impossible to watch Wang Gao being killed by Li Cunhuan. He immediately led the 5,000 soldiers and horses given to him by Wang Gao and headed towards the water.

At the same time, Wang Gao sent Du Hongshou from Longquan Town to recruit troops from all over Yizhou, and sent Zheng Jiling from Beiping Town to recruit troops from all over Dingzhou. Then send staff to Yunzhou to find Shi Shanyou for support.

"Zhang Gongqing!?" Wang Gao issued an order, and Jinyiwei, who had been fully operational, had already conveyed the news of Wang Gao's appointment of Zhang Gongqing to Li Cunhuan.

"The fourth watch cooks, and the fifth watch sets off!" Li Cunhuan pondered for a moment, and then gave an order.

"Yes!" Park Le, who replaced Sha Yuke as Li Cunhuan's chief of guard, responded that this Park Rak was the Goguryeo who almost shot Li Cunhuan in the first place, and was nicknamed the first bow in the East China Sea. But it is not irresolvable. Li Cunhuan was very generous in using Park Leja, and Park Leja did not disappoint Li Cunhuan. Although he is debauched and uninhibited, his words are funny, which makes Li Cunhuan a little more joyful. And Park Lejiao has a work-oriented attitude when doing things, and completely puts away the bohemian and uninhibited appearance, which is what Li Cunhuan admires most about him.

Moreover, Sha Eucalyptus has been following Li Cunhuan for six or seven years, and Li Cunhuan also has the heart to send Sha Eucalyptus to the local area for training, and he can't let Sha Eucalyptus be his chief guard for a lifetime. Park is clearly the best alternative at the moment.

The sky was hazy and bright, and Li Cunhuan set off with his troops, but I don't know if Li Cunhuan didn't look at the yellow calendar when he went out today, anyway, his luck was not good. When I came to the water, I encountered a heavy rain, and the dense rain hit the bare skin in the air, which made people feel painful. This is the second, most important of all, because of the heavy rains, the water has skyrocketed. As a result, the river became muddy, and the waves crashed against the river, and a ferry that had been on the edge of the river was mostly submerged.

I don't know if the plank road erected on the river was washed away by the waves or submerged in the water, anyway, it was nowhere to be seen, just a little stake exposed on the bank, silently telling passers-by that this was once a ferry.

"Your Highness, you can't cross the river at this time! The subordinates failed to erect pontoon bridges three times, and sixteen soldiers had already been sacrificed. Your Highness, I think the only way to do this is to wait! Yuan Xingqin came to Li Cunhuan and said helplessly. I don't know if it's the rain or because of the pontoon bridge erected in the water, anyway, Yuan Xingqin's whole person seems to have been fished out of the water, and there is no place that is not wet.

"Set up camp!" Li Cunhuan gritted his teeth, although he was extremely unwilling, he still had to choose to camp in the end.

It is really not as good as the sky, and a heavy rain delayed Li Cunhuan's marching speed. also bought an important time for Zhang Gongqing, Zhang Gongqing hurried up, and rushed to the edge of the river in the early morning of the next day. Although there were not many soldiers and horses brought, only 3,000 people, how wide was the pontoon bridge? The other party only needs to concentrate the spears, even if it is a thousand troops, in the face of a dense forest of spears, only with an unknown amount of flesh and blood can the spear forest be bulldozed.

"Build a bridge!" When he was really one step behind and was restrained step by step, Li Cunhuan knew that he couldn't stalemate with Zhang Gongqing here. As Zhou Dewei said, if this war drags on for too long, it will allow Hedong to intervene. Lu Long must end this war before Hedong can be reconciled.

"Hmph, although my Yiwu Army is not as good as the Youzhou Iron Cavalry in the field, you also don't look at our Yiwu Army too little!" Zhang Gongqing saw that Li Cunhuan ignored his own defense, and he was not afraid of attacking him halfway. couldn't help but be furious, although in terms of fame, Zhang Gongqing is obviously inferior to Li Cunhuan, but Zhang Gongqing asked himself that he is also a generation of generals, Li Cunhuan actually thought he was a three-year-old child, and he was not afraid of his own resistance, so he directly erected a pontoon bridge, hum! I have to let him know that there is no general in the army!

Heavy rain came and went quickly, and without the support of rain, the water level of the water also dropped a lot. The turbulent water has also changed from yesterday's ferocity, and the microwave ripples on the water, full of a peaceful atmosphere. However, with Zhang Gongqing's order, five hundred nominal martial arts crossbowmen came to the riverside, and the turbulent water full of peaceful atmosphere immediately became murderous.

"Humph! Zhang Gongqing also thinks too highly of himself! Li Cunhuan squinted his eyes and snorted coldly.

Li Cunhuan waved his hand and said, "Continue to build the pontoon bridge, and when you reach the firing range, the longbowmen will immediately go up and prepare to shoot the opponent's crossbowmen, don't give the other party a chance!" Paralyzed, do you think that 500 crossbowmen are very powerful? Don't think that the Yiwu army is good at defending the city, and my Lu Long army will be weak! ”

Two hundred soldiers came out of the ranks, either piling up the river, or nailing the planks, or pushing the boats to their intended positions. In an eerie atmosphere, three ten-meter-wide pontoon bridges were slowly erected. However, neither side rushed to attack, because the water was more than 300 zhang wide, that is, nearly a thousand meters wide. Such a wide river is probably the distance that a crossbow can reach. However, as the pontoon bridge was completed, the soldiers who were erecting the pontoon bridge often looked up at the opposite bank. As if within the range of the other party in anticipation of when.

The Yiwu army on the other side also nervously checked again and again whether the bowstring was stained with water, whether the bowstring was badly worn, whether the bow and crossbow were worn to a great extent, and whether the number of arrows was enough. Again and again, I took the trouble to check and make pre-war preparations.

Slowly, the pontoon bridge has been erected to a position less than ninety zhang away from the opposite bank, and twenty or thirty zhang ahead will enter the range of the Yiwu army. However, at this time, Lu Longbing stopped the extension of the pontoon bridge, and continued to widen the width of the top of the pontoon bridge with wooden planks and bamboo, forming a small artificial floating island in the middle of the river.

"Jiang Yingjie!" A sneer appeared at the corner of Li Cunhuan's mouth and he spoke.

"The last general!" Jiang Yingjie, who has followed Li Cunhuan for five years, hurriedly responded.

"You take the longbowmen to let the righteous warriors on the opposite side see what a bow and arrow are!" Li Cunhuan's voice was full of murderous energy, which was also related to the grievances caused by the heavy rain yesterday. If it hadn't been for the heavy rain, according to the original plan, Li Cunhuan would have already greeted Zhang Gongqing on the other side of the river. There is also an opportunity for Zhang Gongqing to use the water as a natural line of defense to block Li Cunhuan.

"The last will be ordered!" Jiang Yingjie replied in a deep voice.

Soon, 300 longbowmen marched out of the line, and they quickly crossed the pontoon bridge and lined up on the artificial islet.

"Huh? Lu Long, that guy is dizzy, right? actually sent archers from such a distance, I doubt that Li Cunhuan's previous record was blown out! The deputy general next to Zhang Gongqing said disdainfully.

Zhang Gongqing didn't think so, he knew that Li Cunhuan would definitely not be an ordinary commander. There is no need to fight, just look at the army on the opposite side, from the erection of the pontoon bridge to the present, standing there without moving. From how it was in the morning, to how it is still now. This can already be seen how powerful Li Cunhuan is in governing the army. Such an army is undoubtedly an elite division, and the person who can bring out an elite division will be a mediocre talent? Naturally not!

Suddenly, Zhang Gongqing's face changed greatly, and he suddenly remembered that Lu Long was now not only unparalleled in the world, but more importantly, a long big bow. However, compared to the Youzhou Iron Cavalry, the longbowmen in Youzhou are obviously much inferior. However, longbowmen still have a characteristic, that is, they have a long range and are powerful in armor piercing.

"Quick! Mingjin, get the crossbowmen back! Zhang Gongqing's face was gloomy and panicked.

"General, this ...... What's going on? The deputy general couldn't help but be frightened by Zhang Gongqing's panic, he didn't know what was going on, and he could actually make Zhang Gongqing panic suddenly.

But it was obvious that Zhang Gongqing's order was a little late, Jiang Yingjie gave an order, and the bowstrings of the three hundred longbowmen were released in unison, and a sound of breaking the air sounded, and the crossbowmen on the opposite shore heard a miserable scream.

At this time, the sound of gold sounded, and as soon as the sound of gold symbolizing retreat was heard, five hundred crossbowmen hurriedly retreated. But even so, at this time, the five hundred crossbowmen had killed and injured more than 70 people, but Zhang Gongqing was so angry that he almost vomited blood. But if he fights hard, Li Cunhuan can completely rely on his ultra-long-range strike force to deal with the Yiwu Army. No matter how large the number of the rebel army is, there is no way.

"Retreat!" Zhang Gongqing gritted his teeth, raised his hand, gritted his teeth, and said very unwillingly.

Zhang Gongqing led the army, facing the direction of Lu Long's army, and slowly retreated, as if preparing to let Lu Long's army cross the river and then have a decisive battle. However, Li Cunhuan can see that Zhang Gongqing is not such a stupid person, he must have a backmove.

"Gather all the horses of the whole army!" Zhang Gongqing, who had already retreated to a hundred zhang away from the riverside, coldly ordered the deputy general beside him. As Li Cunhuan expected, Zhang Gongqing is not a person who gives up easily, and he still has a backup move to deal with Li Cunhuan.

"Where is the Pioneer Officer?" Li Cunhuan glanced coldly in Zhang Gongqing's direction, and asked sideways.

"The last general!" Yuan Xingqin replied.

"Strike! Be careful, don't think that the Righteous Army is so simple, when you get to the other side, you will be greeted with a difficult challenge. Li Cunhuan commanded with words like gold.

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, the last general will not disappoint Your Highness!" Yuan Xingqin cut the railway.

After tidying up the armor, Yuan Xingqin returned to the headquarters and encouraged loudly, five hundred Lu Long soldiers cheered loudly, Yuan Xingqin immediately took advantage of the soldiers' momentum to step on the pontoon bridge, and led the soldiers to run quickly through the pontoon bridge in small steps.

"Li Cunhuan! You're underestimating me! Zhang Gongqing's left hand swept the long beard on his chin, glared angrily, and roared.

"Ma Jun! Let's go! Zhang Gongqing waved the horse lance in his hand.

The five hundred volunteer cavalry gathered roared, "Kill the enemy!" Raising the gun in his hand, he divided into three torrents, and the front and left and right sides were outflanked.

(To be continued)