The arrival of the Northern Han reinforcements had long been expected by Qian Yuanshan and other members of the forward command, so there was no special feeling about the news itself. It's just that there is one thing that makes everyone a little embarrassed, that is, everyone is the most reluctant to see Yang Ye (Liu Jiye) in this situation, but the commander of the Northern Han reinforcements this time is him. Therefore, after hearing the news, everyone did not speak for a while, and the main hall of the camp was unusually quiet.

After a while, Qian Yuanshan opened his mouth, and he said: "The speed of this Yang Ye's promotion is really fast, when he was twenty-five years old and worshiped him, he was just a security commander. It's only been two years, and he has become the envoy of the Jianxiong Army, and he has also earned the nickname of 'Liu Invincible', which shows that he has not been idle at all in the past two years, and he must have made a lot of contributions. ”

Tang Chao shook his head slightly after hearing this, and said: "In my opinion, the reason why he was promoted so quickly is that he has made some contributions, and the main reason is probably because of his identity as the adopted son of Liu Jun, the emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty. With this identity, he can definitely get twice the result with half the effort on the road to promotion. ”

Qian Yuanshan nodded when he heard this, and agreed: "Well, what the twenty-fourth brother said also has some truth. The royal relatives will always be taken care of. ”

Seeing that the two brothers were there to talk about him, talking about Yang Ye's promotion too quickly for a long time, but it didn't involve how to deal with Fu Yang Ye and his more than 10,000 people, Yang Xin naturally understood that this was the brothers taking care of their emotions, and he was reluctant to say it too directly, lest he couldn't accept it emotionally. However, when he decided to participate in this operation, Yang Xin had already made up his mind -- this time he came to the Northern Han Dynasty to "do his best and obey the destiny of heaven". Although he was very resolute in his attitude at the plenary meeting, as a member of the crossing team and an alternate member of the committee, he also understood that in the current situation, the interests of the team should be higher than personal interests. The fact that he was able to come to the Northern Han Dynasty with the forward headquarters this time was already the result of Wang Kunjun, Zhang Weixin and other committee members taking the lead in the word "righteousness" and trying to overcome differences. If he had any excessive demands when the "Flying Dragon Army" was about to fight with the Northern Han reinforcements, he would have become a "small righteousness" to suppress the "great righteousness", and he would have completely lost his moral support point. In that case, not to mention that Qian Yuanshan and others will definitely not agree, it is not good that everyone will not even have brothers.

Therefore, taking advantage of the time when Qian and Tang were talking, Yang Xin waved his hand and said in an astringent voice: "The two brothers don't have to go around the bend, there is no need for us brothers to come to these vain things." Now that Yang Ye, that is, Liu Jiye's army, is close at hand, the two brothers must not affect the combat decision because of their brothers and me. Although the eldest brother, the fifth brother, and the sixth brother agreed to let the brothers and I follow the brothers out of the word 'righteousness', but the brothers and I can't forget the 'great righteousness' with your brothers for the sake of the 'small righteousness' with Yang Ye. After all, there are still 2,000 soldiers guarding this great fort behind your brothers, and you must not delay the future of these 2,000 brothers for the sake of my brothers and me. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Xin paused slightly, and saw that Qian Yuanshan, Tang Chao and the others did not refute his meaning, so he continued: "I won't say much about the side, my brother will make a statement here."

First, this battle is related to the lives of the 2,000 brothers of the 'Flying Dragon Army' in the fort, and I will never prevent you brothers from commanding the soldiers to fight.

Second, there are no eyes on the battlefield, not to mention that we are still using more powerful firearms. As the saying goes, 'bullets don't have eyes', so if I really hurt my righteous brother Yang Ye during the battle, I won't blame you brothers.

Thirdly, since it took so much effort for me to follow you here, it is natural to play the role that my brother should play. Therefore, brothers, I would like to ask you brothers for a favor, and I hope that you brothers can give me a chance, a chance to meet Yang Ye alone, and persuade him to withdraw his troops and return to the camp.

Fourth, if the brothers and I can persuade Yang Ye to withdraw the army, I hope that the brothers can open up the net and let the Northern Han army who are willing to withdraw have a way out. ”

Yang Xin's statement is obviously divided into two parts, the first half can be seen as a concession he made to Qian Yuanshan, Tang Chao and others, while the second half is more like a condition put forward to the other party after making concessions. In other words, his previous promises were based on the fulfillment of the conditions that followed. ,

It can be said that whether it is Qian Yuanshan, Tang Chao or Mutel, or even Xin Feiyu, who has not joined the team for a long time and does not speak heavily enough in the military department, he is unwilling to accept Yang Xin's requirements from the bottom of his heart, because no one can say what the outcome of Yang Xin's separate conversation with Yang Ye will be. In case Yang Ye really withdraws his troops and leaves, the forward command will be in a dilemma - chasing it, violating his promise. If you don't chase it, the morale of the soldiers will definitely be greatly affected, so that this long-prepared and costly operation has to be ended early.

However, despite some reluctance in their hearts, in the end, Qian Yuanshan, Tang Chao and others agreed with Yang Xin's opinions. The reason why everyone made such a decision was because, on the one hand, before leaving, Li Junwu, Wang Kunjun, Zhang Weixin and others had talked to several brothers from the Military Department alone, hoping that several of them could understand the reason why Yang Xin did this, and take care of Yang Xin's emotions as much as possible without harming the fundamental interests of the team. On the other hand, judging from the understanding of Yang Ye by several people, mainly from Zhang Weixin and the commentaries he listened to in his previous life, and from the movies and TV series he watched, he was an extremely loyal general, brave and good at fighting, and with outstanding resourcefulness. Yang Xin's attempt to move him back based on his own mouth alone is basically an impossible task -- since the task is impossible to complete, it is not impossible to exchange this for Yang Xin's non-intervention in combat operations.

The brothers agreed to their request so happily, which made Yang Xin feel a little surprised. However, at this time, his mind was on how to save Yang Ye, and he didn't think much about it, but carefully pondered how he should persuade him to return to Yanmen if he had the opportunity to meet Yang Ye.

Yang Xin's problem was solved, and then several brothers from the military department began to discuss ways to meet the enemy. Since the Han army was only a dozen miles away from the big fort, it was impossible for the "Flying Dragon Army" to come up with the fort and ambush and give the enemy a blow on the way. At present, there are only two plans in front of Qian Yuanshan and others, one is to hold on to the city, based on the advanced weapons on their side, and use firepower to offset the enemy's numerical superiority. After inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy, consider whether to take advantage of the victory to pursue the enemy, and then take the opportunity to occupy a few more Han cities or strongholds.

Another plan is to line up outside the fort and engage in face-to-face combat with the Han army, so that while making full use of advanced weapons to kill and injure the enemy, it can also exercise the team's melee and white-knuckle combat capabilities. Compared to the previous conservative plan, this plan is more radical and adventurous, and at the same time more capable of training the team. However, this combat method also has a weakness, that is, the soldiers of the "Flying Dragon Army", which is mainly recruited, are likely to collapse due to psychological tension and fear. In that case, it is difficult to say whether the 2,000 or so people of the "Flying Dragon Army" can escape and return to Liao safely.

Therefore, although the battle out of the fort appeared to be more exciting and bloody, the final decision of the forward command was to implement the first plan - to hold the fort.

After the decision was made, Qian Yuanshan and others immediately reported the relevant plan to the committee through the radio. The committee's reply was simple - the decision was so sound that you could follow it. In addition, the situation on the front line is changing rapidly, and if it is not an issue involving the core interests of the team, the forward command can decide on its own without consulting the committee on everything.

These few sentences in the Commission's telegram basically meant a complete delegation of authority to the forward command, allowing them to take ideas within their own scope of work. In this way, Qian Yuanshan and others will be able to grasp the fighter plane more and command the operation more calmly.

The plan was decided, and one after another orders were issued, and the big fort, which had been quiet for several days, was immediately lively. The first to act were more than a dozen Han soldiers guarding the city gates. Under the command of several soldiers of the "Wyvern Army" who were in charge of supervising them, they closed the north and south gates of the Great Fortress tightly, and found some brick and stone bags to block the doorway inside the gate, as one of the defensive measures to prevent the other side from breaking through the gate.

Immediately afterwards, the soldiers of the "Flying Dragon Army" in other places also made moves. Some of them climbed the walls of the fort and guarded the outside of the fort. Some leveled a piece of land in the center of the fort and converted it into an artillery position, and placed half of all the mortars carried in this operation - fifteen - there, so that the angle could be adjusted at any time according to the situation of the battle, and the support of the fortress wall was in need of support. The rest of the mortars and all six front-loading guns were placed on the fort walls and were responsible for striking at one of the enemy sides. There are also soldiers of the "Flying Dragon Army" who are responsible for maintaining law and order in the fort, so as not to take advantage of the opportunity to commit adultery after the war. The soldiers were carefully checking their weapons in order to kill a few more Northern Han soldiers after the battle.

Compared with these soldiers, although the soldiers from the logistics battalion looked more relaxed than the soldiers, their physical hardship was not much at all. On the one hand, the soldiers of these logistics battalions delivered all kinds of supplies -- ammunition and food -- to the soldiers, and on the other hand, they sent people to guard the houses where the "Flying Dragon Army" stacked all kinds of supplies day and night to prevent anyone from sabotaging.

The most idle of the camps was that they were confined to the Great Fort, and except for a few scouts, the others could not leave the Fort, unless they received a written order from the forward command. It's just that although Mutel, Chang Shengjun and others have some slight remarks about the cavalry troops not being able to go out of the fort to meet the battle, considering the current situation of the "Flying Dragon Army", in the face of the tens of thousands of Han troops outside the fort, the ranger squad of only one hundred and ten people is really uncertain, so the idea of going out of the city to rush and kill is no longer mentioned.

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