Chapter 26 Planning
"Congratulations to my lord on being promoted to lieutenant." In the barracks of Li Xuan's department, the four generals Li Shan, Li Lin, Li Feng, and Li Huo looked at Li Xuan, who was dressed in bright silver armor, with an excited look on his face.
The lieutenant may not sound very good, but in the regular army, it is a real official position that can command five people, and can even fight alone, if the prince is the lowest-ranking general, then the commander is already a real general.
"Alright, let's all get up." Li Xuan waved his hand, the promotion to lieutenant did not have much joy and excitement for him, if it is about meritorious service, his meritorious service has already reached the promotion qualification, what he owes is just an opportunity, this siege of the city, in terms of the overall situation, for Lu Zhi who is in a dilemma to find a hope to break through the current dilemma, but also a small change in history, as long as Lu Zhi can break through Guangzong within a month, it is estimated that there will be nothing to do with Dong Fatzi.
Personally, it also took the line of Lu Zhi for Li Xuan, and at the same time, he officially entered Lu Zhi's sight for the first time, finding a golden channel for continued promotion in the future.
Compared with the short-term joy brought by the promotion of military ranks, looking at the four generals in front of him, Li Xuan fell into distress.
Joined with Lu Zhi's army, when he completed the interview, he obtained two subordinate generals, following Li Shan and Li Lin, his four generals were all promoted to become generals, and after that, after being promoted to military Sima, he obtained two subordinate generals, and this time he was promoted to the captain, and the system was generously gifted to four subordinate generals.
It's not that Li Xuan doesn't want to continue to expand his lineup of subordinate generals and train new subordinate generals, but no matter how he tries, what he gets is still only a higher class of troops, and he can't get a subordinate general with commander or intelligence value.
As the supreme commander of this army, Li Xuan can lead one alone, plus four people from the wind forest volcano, who can be the commander of the current troops, as for the positions of military marquis and tun chief, although Li Xuan has the heart to install henchmen, but he suffers from the dilemma of the military generals, and can only let these grassroots positions of real power be supplemented by Lu Zhi, this feeling is really very unhappy.
These four subordinate generals should be the benefits enjoyed as a host, according to the original system's explanation of the initial plane, in this plane, each person's life path has already been set since birth, at least the current self cannot be changed, that is to say, in addition to his own four subordinate generals, the possibility of Li Xuan wanting to obtain other followers in this plane is currently zero.
It seems that after this battle, it is necessary to go to other planes and collect some talents for their own use, otherwise they will rely on themselves and the four people of Fenglin Volcano, even if each of them has the courage of Wenhou and the wisdom of Wolong, if they want to completely occupy this plane, it is tantamount to a fool's dream.
But before you can do that, you have to think about how to deal with the rest of the situation.
The ideas provided by Li Xuan for Lu Zhi are just ideal, but no matter how exquisite the plan is, it also depends on how to implement it, first of all, the problem of food and grass for the 300,000 army is a boulder that is pressed on everyone's heart, if it can't be solved, let alone sweeping Jizhou, breaking the Yellow Turban, and not waiting for Zhang Jiao to be consumed, the 300,000 army will face a cruel crisis of fate.
As the initiator of this idea, and also for the plane task, how to operate in the next month is the biggest problem Li Xuan is facing now.
As the commander of the three armies, Lu Zhi was extraordinary, and once he made a decision, he used a fast horse to pass through the whole army that night, not only withdrawing the deployment of intercepting the Yellow Turban reinforcements, but also directly retreating 30 miles, lowering the Yellow Turbans' vigilance and allowing them to enter the city with peace of mind.
On the first day alone, according to statistics, there were more than 100,000 yellow scarves entering the city, and the yellow scarves guarding the city did not suspect him, and after confirming their identity, they introduced a large number of yellow scarves into the city.
At the same time, Lu Zhi also sent a large number of cavalry scouts, with Guangzong City as the center, day and night to monitor the movement of the Yellow Turbans gathered from all directions, if the troops were ordered to let go, if it was the grain transportation team of other Yellow Turban Cities, it would be ruthlessly attacked by the Han army, cutting off the enemy's grain and grass at the same time, it can supplement their own grain and grass, although for the 300,000 army, this grain and grass is tantamount to a drop in the bucket, but it is also better than nothing.
On the Yellow Turban side, after discovering that Lu Zhi had not withdrawn his troops, he was still nailed outside Guangzong like a nail, and various cities in Jizhou sent reinforcements one after another, and they rushed to Guangzong with murderous spirit, but in the face of the closed and heavily guarded Han army camp, these menacing Yellow Turbans were helpless.
Due to the explosive development of the Yellow Turban Army in the early stage, coupled with the lack of foundation, the equipment is not as good as the Han Army, most of the Yellow Turban Army can only be assigned a weapon, and some even weapons can not be assigned, this kind of army, defending the city is acceptable, but if you go out of the city to fight, no matter the training, equipment can not be compared with the regular army of the Eastern Han Empire, let alone let them attack a strong law, with 300,000 elite Han army battalion.
In the face of the heavily guarded Han army camp, a group of Yellow Turban soldiers had no way to start, so they could only temporarily retreat into Guangzong City, and in just a few days, a Guangzong City actually gathered nearly two million Yellow Turban troops, which was far more than Li Xuan's original estimate of one million Yellow Turbans.
"Lu Shuai, the time has come, if we wait any longer, I'm afraid the situation will be beyond our control." In the Han army camp, in Lu Zhi's camp, looking at the intelligence gathered by the sentinels, Li Xuan looked at Lu Zhi with a stern face.
Although the combat power of the Yellow Turban Army is low, most of the elites of the Yellow Turban Army gathered in Guangzong now, and their strength is not low, plus their spiritual leader Zhang Jiao is sitting here, ten points of combat power may be able to exert twelve points of strength, even if the field battle is out of the city, as long as the commander of the other party does not make some common-sense mistakes, it is enough to fight with the 300,000 elites of the Han army, if the other party continues to swell like this, Li Xuan's follow-up plan may be stillborn before it is implemented.
"What Zi Yang said is good, but most of this Jizhou has fallen into the hands of thieves, and our army has to guard against Zhang Jiao to see through our army's plan and go out of the city for a decisive battle, and the troops are not easy to disperse, but I don't know where to start and get a place for our army?" Lu Zhi said with a smile, although he was asking, his eyes looked at Li Xuan.
With Lu Zhi's gaze, many generals in the tent looked at Li Xuan with jealousy, and even many people had a faint hostility in their eyes.
"Lu Shuai, I think that since I want to find the foundation of my life, why not take this opportunity to occupy Yecheng, which is the capital of Jizhou, rich in money and grain, if it can be occupied, it can not only solve the danger of our army's grain and grass, but also rely on the strength of Yecheng to form a confrontation with the traitors, and then use this as a basis to recruit the township brave soldiers, and in time, it will be able to sweep Jizhou." On Lu Zhi's left, a burly general stood up and bowed towards Lu Zhi.
This person's name is Wu Jin, Lu Zhi's deputy general, in the counterinsurgency army, the status is only below Lu Zhi, as soon as he spoke, many generals echoed and praised again and again.
Lu Zhi smiled and said gently: "What General Wu said is indeed feasible. ”
Wu Jin couldn't help but smile a little when he heard this.
"But I don't know how long it will take to take General Wu's plan?"
"This ......" Wu Jin was stunned when he heard this, hesitated for a moment, and then gritted his teeth and said: "If this is calculated, in less than a year, Guangzong will be able to break through and capture Zhang Jiao alive." ”
"Huh, a year!? Will General Wu tell jokes again? Li Xuan, who was sitting in the corner, finally couldn't help but sneer, the Yellow Turban Uprising has only been a year from beginning to end, why the hell will it take a year for you to attack a Jizhou!? It is estimated that at that time, Lu Zhi's reincarnation will be able to make soy sauce.
"Li Ziyang, what do you mean by this!?" Wu Jinhu was stunned, and glared at Li Xuan fiercely.
"Need I repeat that?" Li Xuan did not shy away from Shang Wujin's gaze, and said coldly: "I waited hard to manage the current situation, in order to find an opportunity to fight with the thief chieftain, if there is a year, you can withdraw from Jizhou, reorganize the army and fight again, wouldn't it be better?" ”
"Presumptuous, you are just a little lieutenant, you dare to talk to me like this! Don't you know that military law is ruthless!? Wu Jin looked at Li Xuan's gaze, and a touch of murderous intent flashed.
"The general probably has a bad memory, but I don't know which military law the last general violated, and I asked General Wu to say it clearly." Li Xuan snorted coldly and said-for-tat.
"You...... If you commit the following crimes, you should be punished! Wu Jin was blocked by Li Xuan, and he was even more angry in his heart, and he couldn't wait to kill the kid in front of him on the spot.
"This is even more of a big joke, the last general just disagrees with the general and tells him bluntly, which one is the offender?" Li Xuan sneered.
"General Wu, don't be angry." Liu Bei stepped forward, crossed between the two, looked at Wu Jin with a smile and said: "Although Li Duwei's words have some conflicts, there must be no malicious intent, and this plan is Ziyang's plan, I guess I already have a case in my heart, why don't you listen to Ziyang's opinion." ”
"Hmph, proud of your achievements!" Wu Jin snorted coldly, glared at Li Xuan fiercely, and then looked at the second general Guan Zhang behind Liu Bei, who was eyeing him fiercely, and said coldly: "I want to see what kind of opinion this yellow-mouthed kid can have." ”
"Ziyang, what do you think? But it doesn't hurt to say that. Lu Zhi waved his hand, and the generals stopped their voices and looked at Li Xuan.
"Lu Shuai, the last general thinks that although Yecheng is good, but the city is strong, although the Yellow Turban thieves are unwise, how can such a heavy city be unprepared? Our army in this battle, must be Zhang Jiao to react before the capture of a city, with the power of thunder, as the foundation, if the attack on Yecheng is unfavorable, the war is delayed, not only can not achieve the expected effect, once Zhang Jiao reacts, our army will fall into the dilemma of suffering from the enemy! ”
After Li Xuan finished speaking, he glanced at Wu Jin, who was pale, and continued: "The last general thinks that instead of bothering to attack Yecheng, which may have heavy troops, it is better to occupy this place first!" As he spoke, he walked to the map behind Lu Zhi, stretched out his hand and pointed to a certain place on the map, and said loudly.
"This place is extremely far away from our army, less than fifty miles, although it is not an important town in Jizhou, but it is connected to Yecheng in the north, Wei County and plains in the south, and Julu in the west, which is a strategic point, and there is a large amount of grain and grass hoarded, if this place can be occupied, it can not only solve the danger of our army's grain and grass, but also can instantly disconnect Guangzong from other cities, and isolate it outside Jizhou!"
"Wonderful!" Looking at where Li Xuan was pointing, a gleam flashed in Lu Zhi's eyes, and he praised repeatedly.