Emperors are painful because they don't know who will be loyal to them and who will betray them, who will be loyal first and then betray them, who will betray first and then be loyal, and who will only use themselves outright, so many emperors tend to spend their lives in judgment. For example, a person as wise as Li Shimin also repeatedly tested the British Duke Li Ji (the words could not be typed) before his death, for fear that Li Ji, who had outstanding prestige after his death, would rebel.

Li Chun has not yet become an emperor, which does not mean that he is insensitive to such things. He's a pre-emperor now. So although Wu Chongyin's feelings are pitiful, Li Chun has never spoken. The more than 30,000 soldiers below were silent, staring at Li Chun with blank eyes. Seeing that Li Chun was silent, the father-in-law of Tutu on the side hurriedly stepped forward and secretly pulled off Li Chun's shirt, and said softly: "The will of the army cannot be violated." Li Chun reacted at this time, now is not the time to think about this problem. Calmed down his breath, got up and made an unbearable expression and said:

"General Wu is strict with himself and does not show favoritism, and the widow is deeply admired. The traitor is ahead, the war is coming, and the widow will never do what the relatives and enemies are happy for. Passed on the commander's military order: Wu Chongyin, the head of the march of Henan Road, was negligent in knowing people, and almost caused the defeat of the three armies, but fortunately he was able to make up for the merits, take the lead, repel the thief army, and allow his merits to be offset, twenty rods, seven first rods, and thirteen for the remainder. Xiao Riding School Wuguang, negligent in his duties, according to the law, he was specially allowed to serve in front of the army, and washed away his previous crimes. If there is a recidivism, the punishment for the two crimes will be combined, and there will be no forgiveness for the immediate beheading, can the armies have any objections? ”

Wu Chongyin braved the rain of arrows a few times in and out early this morning, and the officers and men of the whole army already admired him to the extreme, not to mention that after a detailed investigation, the enemy's sneak attack was successful, and the other armies were also responsible, not a problem of Zhaoyi all the way, it was just that Wu Chongyin was the main general, so he took his nephew. Seeing Li Chun say this at this time, where are there any objections?

So Li Chun ordered someone to let go of the black light, and personally stepped forward to help Wu Chongyin, so that he could comfort him, and ordered the imperial doctor to give medicine to Wu Chongyin to bandage the wound. After sending Wu Chongyin away, Li Chun personally went to the rear camp to visit the injured soldiers. Wu Chongyin was brave and fearless, and the prince was selfless, so that the three armies were willing to accept the order, and the prince's behavior of cherishing the generals and soldiers moved many soldiers to tears, and the enthusiasm of loving the country and the emperor and the prince was high. Morale, which should have been low, is back high.

Therefore, when the envoy of Huaixi swaggered into the camp of Wuzhongyin and issued a war letter, the wrapped Wuzhongyin was angry and ordered to beat the envoy of Huaixi who was speechless, and approved a big quasi-word on behalf of the prince. Of course, the reason why Wu Chongyin is so good is not only because of the high morale of the whole army, but also because the 10,000 guards drawn from Fengxiang and Jingyuan are almost here. And Adie Guangyan galloped into the camp with dozens of cavalry that night.

Adie Guangyan set off immediately after receiving Lu Zhen's order. Huaixi is just a land of three states, how many days can it take to come and go? However, Adie Guangyan did not receive an edict asking him to move the town, so the main force remained in the west of Huaixi, led by Qiu Liangfu, who burned the grain and grass by him that year, and rushed to Henan Road with two brigades of 5,000 soldiers and horses in the starry night. Worried about the safety of the prince, he left his son with the troops behind, and galloped with his own soldiers.

If in normal times, the appearance of Adie Guangyan will definitely make Wu Chongyin feel dissatisfied, because Adie Guangyan's position is higher than Wu Chongyin, and his fame is slightly greater, how can Wu Chongyin appear here is also three points shorter, but now, Wu Chongyin has been hit seven times, and the usually weaker body may die if he is hit seven times, Wu Chongyin is strong, but he is not lightly injured, and he was tortured after being injured in the battle, and he is worried about how to ride on a horse to master the army and command the battle. What's more, Adie Guangyan also brought 5,000 elite cavalry?

On the plains, cavalry is the god of war.

Originally, I thought that relying on the 40,000 horses now concentrated, plus the 10,000 guards who had been trained in the border areas for more than two years, they could compete with the 30,000 Huaixi Army commanded by Wu Yuanqing (due to the lag in intelligence, from Wu Chongyin to Li Chun, they had always mistakenly believed that the Huaixi Army they faced was only Zhang Boliang's 30,000 people, but the main commander was Wu Yuanqing. Although Dong Chongzhen's mule cavalry appeared in front of the official barracks, it was under the banner of Zhang Boliang. After a battle, now that there are more than 5,000 cavalry with Adie's bright face, the odds of victory are even higher, can Wu Chongyin not be happy? Even if it is commanded by Adie Guangyan, isn't the strategy still set by him? After today's incident, Wu Chongyin has already seen it very openly.

Since the prince will not kill my uncle and nephew, let our uncle and nephew repay you with a victory!

After ordering his own soldiers to carry themselves to the prince's tent, in front of the prince, Wu Chongyin proposed to hand over the command to Adie Guangyan. This made Li Chun take aback, and also made Adie Guangyan jump up and wave his hand:

"I can't do it, I can't do it! Wu Governor Hugh should be suspicious, Adie Guangyan came under the order of the Prime Minister of Land, not to seize power. Moreover, Adie Guangyan is not familiar with the military affairs of Henan Province, and he will not know that soldiers are taboo soldiers, so how dare he take over rashly. ”

Wu Chongyin was lying on the bed and greeted the prince, Adie, Cui Qun and others, seeing that Adie's grooming shirked, Wu Chongyin smiled bitterly:

"Chief Adie, do you think you can still get into the battle formation now?"

Adie's face was naturally speechless. He didn't know that the brave image of Wu Chongyin's performance this morning belonged to him in history. Wu Chongyin continued:

"Today's incident is purely due to the lax control of Wu, and those who are generals must first abide by military law, and they are also to blame. In our Henan Provincial Army, there is no one from Wuning, Chen Xu, Zhaoyi, Henan, Shence, and Guard, and none of the commanders of the various departments is as prestigious and talented as General Adie. This is not difficult for Wu Chongyin, but the situation is so. With the crown prince in front, does Wu Chongyin dare to treat military affairs as child's play? Administrator Hugh is about to resign. As long as Brother takes over this burden, Wu Chongyin will naturally not withdraw from it. Wu Chongyin is willing to make a heavy oath, if this battle is won, Wu Chongyin will not be touched by half of the merits, to say something unlucky, if he fails, Wu Chongyin will immediately kill himself to thank the emperor and the crown prince, and will never affect Brother Adie. ”

Ah Die's face was about to resign, and Li Chun called:

"General Adie, Guangyan, Wu Chongyin, and the second general listen to the order."

"The minister is here."

"The widow ordered as the marshal of the Huaixi Battalion in Henan, and Adie Guangyan temporarily acted as the head of the march in Henan Province. General Wu Chongyin assisted General Adie Guangyan to fight this battle. ”

Since the prince had already spoken, of course the two no longer argued, and Adie Guangyan had to take over the burden. Li Chun, who had coordinated the relationship between the two, was very satisfied and asked politely:

"The widow is a marshal, so he naturally shares weal and woe with the two generals. If the two generals have any requirements, even if they tell the widow, the widow will not allow it. ”

Ah Dieguang Yan and Wu Chongyin glanced at each other and said:

"There are only two requests from His Majesty, one is that this battle is successful, and the merits of the battle belong to the Governor of Henan Province and Wu, and the five thousand soldiers of His Majesty and Jin Shangdao will never be few. The second is to ask His Highness to leave the camp and return to Luoyang. lest the subordinates and soldiers worry about His Highness on the battlefield and not be able to go all out. ”

Li Chun:

“??????”

(Voiceover: My pure boy's heart!) ）

That night, Li Chun convened a meeting of the generals of various armies, officially introduced Adie's Guangyan, and handed over the talisman to Adie's Guangyan. After Adieguangyan ordered someone to carry Wu Chongyin to the main seat, he began to discuss military affairs. Early the next morning, despite the fatigue of the journey, under the leadership of Wuguang Caohua, he went to inspect the battalions as the commander of the southern province of Quanjiang, and ordered Wuguang to lead the camp out to observe the terrain. Wuguang, who almost lost his life, obviously did a lot of duty. Within a day, he ran all over the banks of the river with Adie Guangyan, and by the way, he packed up a few Huaixi army horses, and was also chased by a large number of Huaixi horses. He went out for two days in a row, and every time he came back during the two days, something new would appear on the sand table, and then the generals would be gathered to discuss the matter, or the captives would be summoned for questioning. The more things that appear on the sand table, the more confidence the generals have in Adie's face.

Although Adie Guangyan is a general, he is familiar with the art of war, and believes that "soldiers, tricks", even if it is a dignified battle, he also thinks that there will be serious conspiracy elements in it, so he is cautious, not only sent out half of the number of scouts than before, but also went out to survey many places around the battlefield. After returning to the camp, he still sent Wuguang and others to reconnoiter outside.

In the past few days, Li Chun resolutely rejected the suggestion of Adie Guangyan and Wu Chongyin to send him back to Luoyang, on the grounds that the marshal would affect his morale if he left before the battle. Wang Dahai also arrived at the Lishui front line with 1,500 guards and campers, followed by 10,000 guards. In order to hide his strength, Addie Guangyan ordered 10,000 guards to march day and night, and stationed in the wilderness thirty miles away from the camp. His 5,000 cavalry were not allowed to approach the camp, and only a brigade of soldiers and horses from Huainan entered the camp with great fanfare. This kind of intelligence is what Huaixi is willing to see, and the Huainan Army's combat effectiveness is still despised by the Huaixi Army for the time being. And the more these armies, the more difficult it is to coordinate. Of course, in addition to sending patrol cavalry to intercept and kill officers and soldiers, the Huaixi Army also did a lot of work to confuse the other party. Such an effort now seems to have been relatively successful, at least for the time being, with both sides now assuming that the other has only 30,000 men. The winning ticket is firmly in your own hands.

When the official army and Huaixi reported the battle in Lishui to various places, the battles in various places became much more frequent and fierce. For example, Qiu Liangfu, Adie's instructions to him were to be steady and stick to it, and before Adie's new order came back, he had already mobilized his army and successively uprooted the four barriers of the Huaixi Army. Although Sannam-do Province has not been informed, the offensive has already begun.

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