"Lao Tzu worked hard and fought hard, and he made countless meritorious contributions before he was just promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. How can he, a defeated general, be promoted to lieutenant general like me? ”

In a conference room of the General Staff in the capital, Xiang Ningxuan slapped the table and roared violently, causing the representative of the Yongjun army opposite to shrink back.

After the defeat in Xianyang, the Yongzhou army was taken over by Cui Guan's deputy, Major General Zhou Chenglin, which is the "he" in Xiang Ningxuan's words.

After Zhou Chenglin took over, in addition to collecting the defeated troops and rectifying the defense, he sent people to Sijiu City to ask for food, officials, and reinforcements.

Sometimes, the outcome of the quarrel does not depend on whether it is reasonable or not, but who is loud and imposing, and the representative of the Yongjun is intimidated by Xiang Ningxuan's momentum, and weakly argues: "During the battle of the Imperial Tomb, fortunately, General Zhou organized a retreat, otherwise the whole army may be wiped out, and this credit is not small." Moreover, our Yongjun army has been newly defeated, morale is low, and the people are unstable, and only General Zhou can preside over the overall situation of Yongzhou. But he is only the deputy commander of the Yongjun Army and the garrison officer of Nanzheng, and his name is not right, which will affect the combat effectiveness of our army. ”

Xiang Ningxuan said disdainfully: "It's okay, Lao Tzu, the lieutenant general, will go to the town in person, it's okay." ”

Representative Yongjun said hurriedly: "Of course not! Although I am very grateful for your army's assistance, your army is a guest army after all, and I am afraid that our Yongjun soldiers will not accept it. ”

"Bang!" Xiang Ningxuan slapped the case and shouted: "Don't accept a fart!" Yongjun Yongjun, are you still not a republican ** person? ”

"Well...... this"

Xiang Ningxuan didn't give the other party a chance to defend himself at all, and said aggressively: "Answer me head-on!" You, and Zhou Chenglin, are you a republican ** person? ”

The representative of Yongjun was so anxious that he was sweating, looking at Xiang Ningxuan's posture, if he dared not to say "yes", I am afraid that he would have to go out sideways today. So he could only bite the bullet and say, "Yes......"

"Yes? So why are you not convinced? ”

“……”

Although Xiang Ningxuan was reasonable, he was obviously playing a scoundrel. Imagine, if the same trick was used above, what would happen if a general was sent over to take over the Long Xiang army? He must have been pushed back! The most fundamental reason is Zhou Chenglin's lack of confidence.

Seeing that the representative of the Yongjun army was almost suppressed, Qi Song, a staff officer sent by the General Staff to coordinate the matter, spoke: "Zhou Chenglin does have some credit, but it is not enough to straighten out, and the Yongjun army has lost troops and lost ground, it is good that we have not held it responsible, and it is a bit too much to be promoted." In this way, it is impossible for General Xiang to be stationed in Yongzhou anyway, so he will go over and preside over the work for a period of time. When Xianyang is recaptured, if Zhou Chenglin performs well, it will not be too late to correct it. ”

Speaking of this, the representative of Yongjun had no choice but to report back to Shangguan first.

When the others left, Xiang Ningxuan shook his head and said, "This Zhou Chenglin, the enemy is still thinking about being promoted and making a fortune, there must be a problem." ”

Qi Song glanced at Xiang Ningxuan meaningfully, and said, "It's okay to be promoted and make a fortune, but you must make corresponding achievements." The republic will not let the corpse eater ascend to the throne, nor will it treat the meritorious heroes. ”

Xiang Ningxuan smiled and didn't speak.

Qi Song continued: "We have discovered the source of the northern haze, and all elite mobile units will be transferred to solve this big problem. The first emperor of Yongzhou can only be handed over to you. It is also inconvenient for you to transfer ordinary troops, and you can only be reinforced with 12,000 men in one division. However, you must have enough food and supplies, and you should bring your own weapons and ammunition. How is it? How long does it take to finish the enemy? ”

"No problem." Xiang Ningxuan replied, "As for how long, I will have to go to the field to investigate before I can answer." ”

After talking about the cooperation strategy, Qi Song suddenly said: "The task of the treasure island was actually snatched away by you. I proposed it to the above half a year ago, and it was similar to your plan, but the above rejected it because the time was not ripe. ”

Baodao is really a fragrant bait, and there are many people who have the idea of it, but unfortunately there are few people who can really do it. In other words, there are probably few real republican ** people who are not interested in the treasure island.

Xiang Ningxuan said with a smile: "Our battle plan also needs to be reviewed by the General Staff Staff, I asked my staff to contact you, and if Staff Officer Qi has any suggestions, please don't hesitate to give advice." There are a lot of new communication base stations between Sijiu City and S City, which is much more convenient to contact, so let's communicate more. ”

After the representative of Yongjun returned to the Sijiucheng office, he immediately contacted Zhou Chenglin.

"General, the military does not agree to our request for promotion, and may also send Lieutenant Xiang Ningxuan, the commander of the Longxiang Army, to Yongzhou to preside over the war against Qin. What are we going to do? ”

"What's the situation, tell me more about it."

After the representative of Yongjun repeated the situation at that time, there was silence on the other side of the phone for a while before he said, "I know." You will continue to stay in Sijiu City for a while, and the old chief, you will bring some gifts to explore the mouth. In addition, help me collect detailed information about Long Xiangjun and Xiang Ningxuan. ”

"Yes!"

On May 30, the Republic issued a notice posthumously presenting Cui Guan, commander of the Yongjun Army, as a general. At the same time, Lieutenant General Xiang Ningxuan, commander of the Long Xiang Army, was appointed as deputy commander of the Northwest Theater and commander of the Yongjun Army, Zhou Chenglin was still the deputy commander, and Hu Fumin was appointed governor of Yongzhou, in charge of civil affairs and logistics. They were tasked with destroying the Qin army led by the First Emperor and retaking Xianyang.

The soldiers and horses did not move, and the grain and grass went first.

On 1 June, while the combat units were still assembling, the convoy loaded with the first batch of logistical supplies formed a mighty long queue and sailed on the Grand Canal. Most of the army will march to Yongzhou by land under the leadership of Shen Rui. Because part of the army was already deployed in the Central Plains, it could be driven directly over.

The faint ripples on the side of the fleet are the waves brought by the sailors in charge of escorting the convoy when they swim.

The first part of the elite regiment sat on an armored gunboat in the lead, as a pioneer.

This section of the Grand Canal is already very familiar, and the water is shallow and slow, so there is no big problem, and ordinary escort troops can handle it. But there are many monsters in the Yellow River, and after defeating Xiangliu before, the monsters in the Yellow River have no natural enemies, and they don't know which horn Gadari came out of.

Several important ferries are hung with Xiangliu skulls for deterrence, and generally powerful monsters are not stupid, Xiangliu is hanging, knowing that humans can't afford to provoke them, they won't attack the ferry. But if you want to carry out transportation through the Yellow River, you will inevitably pass through their heads. Monsters are also dignified, how can you pass without fighting.

Although the Republic killed Xiangliu and suffered a lot of losses, and the casualties were acceptable, the breach turned into a flooded country, and plagues and locusts were bred, and the economic losses were completely incalculable.

It was acceptable to be able to ensure the safety of several ferry crossings, and the Republic did not have the energy to clear out the water demons. However, the locations of several big demons were still marked.

Xiang Ningxuan directly joined the fleet when the Grand Canal turned to the Yellow River, preparing to fight the Yellow River Water Demon. It is impossible for him to really escort the convoy all the time, and he still has to go to the front line to lead the troops when Yongzhou starts. He must kill a few chickens before the start of the fight, let the Yellow River Water Demon be honest for a while, and ensure the safety of the supply line before he can go to the front with confidence.