Chapter 140: Convening
With Zhao Yuan's tired words, Zhang Chao was taken all the way to the meeting hall. As soon as www.biquge.info entered the door, he saw General Lehi reprimanding a herald.
"Tell Han Hu that guy that Lao Tzu is not joking this time! The Luo River of Xia Kingdom is three hundred miles deep, and it is dependent on the Han Kingdom in the east. There is no better place for a strategic springboard than here, if you let this opportunity go, you and I will be sinners in the Chu State to unify the world!"
"There are 120,000 troops in Nanzhao! Han Hu's old boy still dares to report to me that he has no soldiers to support? As far as the Han border army is concerned, how many people can contain him? Lao Tzu doesn't want his elite guards, give me 50,000 new army mixed formations, can you? This old bastard!" Li Hai scolded, "Don't you just want merit? Tell him that if the territory after the seven counties is defeated, the merit can be counted as half of him!"
Han Hu was the general of the Southern Zhao Army who was in charge of the strategy of the Han side of the Chu State, and there were no major battles with the Han State in these years, just small local wars. The military strength of the Han State was not strong, and the folk customs were weaker than those of Xia and Chu. Therefore, the pressure on Han Hu's side of the army is actually not great. However, Han Hu occupies a good position, the two state capitals and the twenty-one county towns have provided him with a large number of soldiers, and there are as many as 120,000 professional soldiers, so it is actually not a problem to free up part of the military strength to support Li Hai's side.
It's just that General Han Hu is willing to make a wedding dress for others like this, and the conditions are naturally there, it just depends on whether Li Hai can understand it.
That's why Lehi was angry. He didn't come to fight for himself, he was all for the benefit of the Chu State as a whole, but he didn't expect Han Hu to play such a small trick and compete for merit and favor, which was simply obscene.
The herald smiled bitterly, there is naturally no problem for these two bigwigs to speak like this, but if they are a big-headed soldier themselves, how can they reprimand a general like Han Hu and speak out, they have no choice but to deal with it.
Zhang Chao looked secretly amused, "This General Li is still this fiery temper." ”
"General Li has been in charge of Nanguan Luohe for more than ten years, and in addition to first-class strategic skills, his temper is also first-class. Zhao Yuan smiled, "Speaking of which, this General Han Hu is also excessive, saying that he is a relative of the national teacher of the dynasty, and he occupies the pit and does not." The Han State was poor and weak, and he was given so many troops, and he had not advanced an inch in these years, which was really wasteful. ”
"You kid!" Zhang Chao laughed, "Be cautious in your words and deeds! In such a noisy place in the army, you don't care about your words and deeds, and something will happen sooner or later!"
"Hey, hey. What is this. Zhao Yuan waved his hand indifferently, "Lao Tzu's temper is like this, and everyone in the army knows that I can't hide my words." I'll be blunt, in the army, I still serve General Li and you. If I hadn't been selected at the beginning, I would have followed you to become the deputy commander of the Iron Cavalry Regiment. ”
"Hey, you mouth. Zhang Chao shook his head, "I'm glad you weren't selected in the first place." Don't let me die of a headache now. ”
"Hey, Brother Zhang. What you said!" Zhao Yuan was not happy for Zhang Chao to say this, the two were very familiar with each other, and they were fellow villagers. Although Zhao Yuan complained, he knew that Zhang Chao was just joking. Tie, who has an unusual relationship between the two, has no scruples between words.
Over there, Lehi reprimanded him for a long time, and he was finally tired. After taking a sip of tea, he sat down, "Okay, hurry up and go to Nanzhaojun again, and make it clear to Han Hu." It is imperative that his army arrive within ten days to cooperate with the attack on the three eastern counties and one state, after this opportunity, it will be impossible in the future. ”
Waving his hand to let the herald go down, Li Hai exhaled, and then looked at Zhang Chao's side, at this moment, Zhang Chao and Zhao Yuan had been standing next to him for half an hour.
"Zhao Yuan, you are a killer. Nor did he let Commander Zhang sit down and rest. "General Li Hai is simply drunk, Zhao Yuan's brain is choked enough, to be honest, it is not because the two are fellow villagers and know each other very well, General Li Hai really will not send him to pick up Zhang Chao. The things in front of me can't do well at all.
"Hey, isn't it better to see the general you train people. Zhao Yuan didn't care about it, "General, if you want me to say, give Han Hu a good look for that guy, and directly report to the military department to join him, and ensure that this guy will arrange for the army to come over if he is in a mess." ”
"Yo he, you kid still know that the military department has a staff member, and you have been figured out by being involved in too much?" General Li Hai rolled his eyes, "You are a killer, you don't have any strength except for a fart, don't have any opinions in front of Lao Tzu in the future." ”
"Commander Zhang. It's been hard all the way, but these days, the king of Zhennan on the Xia side is not restless, and the checkpoint has sent several counteroffensive troops in a row, but the number is not large, and he finally concentrated his forces to fight back. Lehi went straight to the point, "The reason why I was in a hurry to ask the king to send the Iron Cavalry Regiment was also because I was always dragged by these Xia army and couldn't do anything. Therefore, I want Commander Zhang to take the Iron Cavalry Regiment and the cavalry of our border army to dispel the thoughts of these Xia people. ”
"In that case, we can expand our record. ”
Zhang Chao roughly understood his mission before he came, and now that General Li Hai said it, the mission is not much different, but there is one thing that makes Zhang Chao slightly worried.
"Speaking of which, it has been more than twenty days since the news of the seven counties returned to the royal capital, and it is no later than us to know about it when I want to come to the territory of Xia Kingdom. After that, except for the Luohe garrison, could it be that the Xia Kingdom did not arrange support to come? I originally thought that these seven counties would be taken at will, but there would be a few more battles to fight back and forth. ”
General Lehi was slightly amused, "Speaking of which, we can be considered to have a good time." This Xia Kingdom was just before the rebellion. Guarding this place was originally the king of Zhennan, the old prince of the Xia Kingdom saw that the lord of the country was critically ill, but he had the intention of fighting for reunification, which itself belonged to defense. And the unconsciousness of the lord of Xia has long been known throughout the country. Now in the Xia Kingdom, how can there be any royal military orders, and this battle is easy precisely because we only need to face the strength of the army of the South King of Xia Kingdom. ”
"Of course, you are your own people, and there is one more thing I have to talk to you about. The defense of the seven counties itself is still very strong, and with the few people under my command, it is really not enough to attack it. But we couldn't stand the fact that the king of Zhennan was betrayed by his own people, and we should cooperate with the outside to take this place. ”
General Lehi smiled, "The one who betrayed the king of Zhennan was none other than a member of the royal family, and the one who should be inside and outside was also the secret guard of the royal family." Haha, this is self-inflicted, and you can't live!"
Zhang Chao's eyes widened, "Is the general saying that it is a traitor and traitor within the Xia royal family? No, this is a preference for our Chu State to occupy its land and plunder its city, rather than let the King of Zhennan ascend the throne? ”
Zhang Chao was speechless for a while, and he couldn't think of any nouns to evaluate the brain-dead behavior of the Xia royal family.
"Hey, who's to say it isn't. General Lehi laughed, "In short, now is the best time to invade the Xia Kingdom and occupy its territory. We must let our army gain a firm foothold here, and this support depends on Commander Zhang's help!"
Zhang Chao nodded, and raised his hands meticulously: "The last general respects the order!"