Everyone looked at Li Chaosheng and wanted to know what the second reason Li Chaosheng said was.

Li Chaosheng groaned slightly, then opened his mouth and said: "The White Pole Army is actually due to our Han people, and Qin Liangyu is also a great woman. ”

Hearing this, everyone understood what Li Chaosheng meant, the county zun was still too upright, and those who achieved great things were not informal, even if the white pole army was a hero and owed credit to the Han people, Qin Liangyu also contributed to the Han people, but after all, they were in the way of the county zun, and since they were in the way, they should be moved away.

Even if it is appropriate to use a knife against them, it is not a big deal, after all, when they stand in front of Lantian, they are already guilty.

A good emperor, the bureaucracy is good or evil, they should have higher pursuits, greater ambitions, and it is nothing to be fierce for this.

Everyone felt that Li Chaosheng was immature and lacked the heart to become an emperor.

But on the other hand, they feel that the county zun in front of them is the most benevolent monarch they have ever seen, and it is precisely because the county zun did not do anything to succeed that they feel that their county zun is more humane, and it is more reassuring to follow such a county zun.

It's a wonderful emotion anyway.

Sichuan, those dozens of big messes, Li Chaosheng is not ready to take care of them now, and he can't care about them, Li Chaosheng is still too weak now, not enough to interfere with such a large area, so Li Chaosheng's idea is to let Zhang Xianzhong make trouble.

Especially Qin Liangyu, and the White Pole Army, they have all shed blood for the people of the Ming Dynasty, and many of their relatives have lost their lives in Liaodong and died in the hands of the Tartars, so Li Chaosheng is unwilling to let his troops be contaminated with their blood, and he is not willing to drop a drop.

"Inform Shi Dalei's brigade to build a defense on the periphery of Xingping, don't take the initiative to attack, this time Zhang Xianzhong's purpose is not to fight with Lantian, so don't fight with them yourself, drag it out first."

"Yes."

Gu Zi received the order and immediately went to the telegraph room to inform him, and soon the telegram was delivered to Shi Dalei's military camp.

Shi Dalei was in the command room at this time discussing combat strategies with his deputy brigade commander Luo Heta, who was also the commander of the first regiment, Li Debao, the commander of the second regiment, Niu Ben, the commander of the third regiment, Zhao Fusheng, the commander of the fourth regiment, and the secretary of the army sent by Lantian Academy.

The role of the military clerk is similar to that of the political commissar, and their usual job is to record the daily work of the brigade commander and regiment commander, as well as to give political and ideological lessons to the soldiers.

They were not under the management of the generals, but all of them were under the command of Yang Shubai, the deputy minister of military affairs, also known as the great political commissar, and Yang Shubai was in charge of all the secretaries assigned to the army.

The army also strictly adheres to the principle that the commander is in charge of the military affairs, and the clerk is responsible for the daily life of the commander, and records the daily behavior of the commander, which is summarized at the annual summary meeting of the Ministry of Military Affairs.

To a large extent, this has constrained the commander-in-chief of the army, and Shi Dalei can become the only general with a foreign surname among the four major brigades in Lantian County, mainly because of his excellent understanding of firearms.

and the invention of many firearms combat methods, overwhelming the crowd, so he was promoted by Li Chaosheng, but everyone was the regiment commander at the beginning, and you have become the brigade commander in charge of us all of a sudden, and some people are not convinced.

So Li Chaosheng made two preparations, first, he promoted Luo Heita to deputy brigade commander, so as to balance his voice, and secondly, he sent his most trusted Li Debao to be the commander of the second regiment.

In fact, according to Li Debao's qualifications, he is enough to serve as the commander of the first brigade, after all, he is the first third-class leader when Li Chaosheng first established the security team.

Secondly, the identity, people are relatives and generals with the same surname as the county, in terms of identity, you have a noble family, and Li Dezhen, who has the same qualifications as him, has led a brigade alone, who dares to say that Li Debao's qualifications and identity are not enough.

But even so, Li Debao is still honest as the commander of the second regiment in Shi Dalei's brigade, and his status is not as high as Luoheita, this time any of you dare to say that Shi Dalei is not qualified to be the commander of the fourth brigade.

Li Debao has approved of it, who of you guys dares not to approve?

In fact, Li Chaosheng has made great contributions to this matter, and when Shi Dalei was just about to be promoted to the commander of the Fourth Brigade, rumors continued outside, and Shi Dalei also asked Li Chaosheng for his resignation many times, saying that he could not do it.

However, Li Chaosheng knew that Shi Dalei's ability was enough, but the pressure from the outside world was too great, so Li Chaosheng made an appointment with Shi Dalei and told him a story about Mao Sui's self-recommendation, but he didn't understand, and finally Li Chao angrily pointed at Shi Dalei and said: "Lao Tzu is optimistic about you, you have to work hard for Lao Tzu, don't embarrass Lao Tzu, As for the gossip outside, Lao Tzu will solve it for you, get out!" ”

This time Shi Dalei understood, and ran away, He ran Li Chaosheng and found Li Debao, Li Debao was originally happily preparing to be the commander of the Fourth Brigade, after all, his brother Li Dezhen had been appointed as the commander of the Third Brigade.

But when he arrived at Li Chaosheng, Li Chaosheng looked at Li Debao and said, "Debao." ”

Li Debao was stunned, his own county lord hadn't called himself like this for a long time, and he usually called himself by his big name Li Debao, so he looked at Li Chaosheng and called out tentatively: "Uncle Chaosheng." ”

Li Chaosheng nodded, followed by Li Debao to sit, Li Chaosheng asked Li Debao: "Debao, Lantian County has developed to this point, what will happen next?" ”

Li Debao's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Overthrow the Ming Dynasty, uncle, come to be the emperor." ”

Hearing this, Li Chaosheng nodded and said, "Yes, to be the emperor, then do you think it is okay to be the emperor and rely on our old Li family?" ”

Li Debao was stunned when he heard this, and then slowly shook his head, he is no longer Li Debao a few years ago, now his vision is very wide, he knows that all the talents of the old Li family add up, and it is terrible to manage a province in Shaanxi, if you want to win the world, the old Li family can't.

"Lao Li's family doesn't have so many talents, so it won't work."

Li Debao said so, and after hearing this, Li Chaosheng said: "Yes, it won't work, then do we want to reuse people with foreign surnames." ”

Li Debao nodded: "It must be reused." ”

"But now someone doesn't allow me to use a foreign surname."

Li Chaosheng sighed, and Li Debao was angry: "Uncle, I'll kill him!" ”

Li Chaosheng waved his hand and said, "Sit, sit, it's all your own brothers, who will kill you." ”

Li Chaosheng said with a sigh and said: "Debao, Lantian military power is very important, Li Chaolong, Li Chaohu, the two of them are old in qualifications and old in status, they can't be rewarded without awards, they must be allowed to set up a separate brigade." ”

"Your brother Li Dezhen and you have the same qualifications in all aspects, but he is a brother, and your uncle and I have also given him a brigade commander, so it stands to reason that the commander of our Lantian Fourth Brigade should be yours."

"But in this way, all the top commanders of our Lantian army are surnamed Li, which will give people a sense of cronyism, which is not conducive to our absorption of talents, Shi Dalei, you know, since our Lantian began to use flintlock pistols, he began to study firearms tactics, and it can be said that his firearms tactics are the most proficient among all our generals."

"So I want to do it for him, the commander of the Fourth Brigade."

Li Chaosheng looked at Li Debao and said, Li Debao looked at Li Chaosheng when he heard this, clenched his fists and said, "Uncle, you are right, Shi Dalei is capable." ”

Li Chaosheng looked at Li Debao and said: "But now the outside world hates and disapproves of him as the commander of the Fourth Brigade, which makes Uncle have a headache." ”

Li Debao heard this and said: "Uncle, I understand, I can't fight with the commander of the Fourth Brigade, what we want is a great cause, we can't just use the people of the Li family, uncle, transfer me to the Fourth Brigade, I will be the deputy brigade commander, no, I will be a regiment commander, I will set this example, I will see who dares to disagree!" ”

Li Debao looked at Li Chaosheng and said, his eyes were sincere without a trace of artificiality, Li Chaosheng looked at Li Debao and said, "It's just that I have wronged you so much." ”

Hearing this, Li Debao smiled: "Haha...... What grievances are not grievances, I was originally a stinky hunter, I ate the last meal and did not have the next meal, and now I can have today's achievements are all given by your uncle, for our foundation, for your uncle, I am willing to be a regiment leader and press the field for Shi Dalei. ”

It was precisely because of this dialogue and Li Debao's sacrifice that the Fourth Brigade was propped up, and the dissatisfied people at that time saw Li Debao coming over as an ordinary regiment commander, and they were all dumbfounded, and they also saw the degree of Li Chaosheng's support for Shi Dalei.

settled down, and later drank, and brought up the old things again, and complained about Li Debao, but Li Debao gave that person a big mouth: "You know der~ Lao Tzu is willing to use your group of turtle grandsons to complain to me, and give me honest command, otherwise I don't need the brigade commander, I will clean you up first." ”

Li Debao's words spread out, and no one dared to say anything from then on, even Luo Heita, who had always been dissatisfied with Shi Dalei, didn't say anything.

Therefore, a strange balance has been formed in the fourth brigade, Shi Dalei is the commander, on the front, Luo Heita represents the side of disagreement, and Li Debao is the final referee, although he is only a regiment commander, but he is more effective than the deputy brigade commander.

Later, there was also a sentence in the army, Debao pressed the regiment commander, that is, Li Debao was the regiment commander, you guys were noisy, and any of you felt that you were more powerful than Li Debao and stood up.

At the Xingping forward command post, Shi Dalei drew a few circles on the map and said: "Defend these places well, Zhang Xianzhong's troops don't have to worry about it, and they can't enter Lantian." ”

Luo Heita looked at the map at this time and said: "I agree with this, but the brigade commander, let's just do it, what is so great about him Zhang Xianzhong, dare to send troops to Lantian, and ask me to say let me take someone up to rush, beat him dizzy, and pull out his front camp position." ”

Shi Dalei said: "If the enemy situation is unknown, you should not act rashly. ”

Luo Heita said: "Our Lantian is not something that they can infringe on if they say they can invade, and if you don't hurt them, you won't have a long memory, I suggest taking the initiative." ”

After hearing this, everyone knew that the deputy brigade commander was on the bar again, and now the brigade commander's opinion is to hold on, and these dangerous places are firmly held, and Zhang Xianzhong can't enter the Chang'an County under the jurisdiction of Lantian.

But what the deputy brigade commander said is not unreasonable, thieves need to fight, this Zhang Xianzhong what cats and dogs dare to come to Lantian to fight the autumn wind, with the current firepower of the brigade, they can easily teach them to be people, a burst of flintlock guns, first let them know who is the father, we must grasp the initiative in the war.

Therefore, the two of them were on the bar, and they didn't let each other go, and the rest of the people also looked at the two of them and didn't speak, and some people looked at Li Debao, who had not spoken.

Luo Heita looked at Li Debao at this time and said, "Brother Debao, what is your opinion?" ”

Hearing this, Shi Dalei also looked at Li Debao, Li Debao raised his head at this time and said: "I have no opinion, what the two of you said is very reasonable, but our second regiment only listens to the order of the brigade headquarters." ”

As soon as he said this, Luo Heta's face was not very good-looking, this is obvious, the brigade headquarters, who is in charge of the brigade headquarters? Shi Dalei, although he is the deputy brigade commander, he usually stays in his regiment headquarters.

Li Debao's meaning is already obvious to support Shi Dalei, this kind of thing Luo Heita is not strange, but he stood aside a little unconvinced, and at this time Li Debao glanced at Shi Dalei and said: "But you don't have to quarrel too fiercely, this attack is still defended on the spot to listen to the division headquarters, the division commander is estimated to have received our report, and the order is about to be issued." ”

Hearing this, Shi Dalei said: "That's right, we still have to listen to the division headquarters in everything, but before the division headquarters orders are issued, let's not have friction with Zhang Xianzhong's troops for the time being." ”

Hearing this, Luo Heita turned his head to the side, Li Debao looked at the strategic map in silence, and the other two regiment commanders also looked at the map and did not speak, and at this moment, the clerk behind him who was responsible for receiving the telegraph message said: "There is an order from above." ”

When everyone heard this, they all looked over, and they listened to the ticking of the telegraph, and the clerk listened carefully with headphones to crack it.

Soon a complete piece of information came out.

"Division Order: Zhang Xianzhong's trip is not necessarily for Lantian, but to inspect the road into Sichuan, don't care about him, stick to the Lantian boundary, Zhang Xianzhong will not cross the line, and will not fight with him."

The clerk read the information, immediately stood upright, and then handed the telegram to Shi Dalei, Shi Dalei glanced at it and gave it to Luo Heta, who saw this and said: "Since it is an order from the division headquarters, then implement it." ”

Followed by Luo Heita and gave the note to the brothers around him, the big guy looked at the note, all of them were silent, Li Debao finally glanced at Shi Dalei, Shi Dalei said: "Okay, since the division asked us to stick to it, let's stick to it." ”

Speaking of this, Shi Dalei came to the map and said: "Give a defense order below, Luo Heita." ”

"Yes."

Luo Heita stood up and saluted, although he was not convinced by Shi Dalei, but when Shi Dalei gave the order, he still strictly implemented the military salute, which was respect for the army and Li Chaosheng.

"You stick to the No. 1 height, build fortifications, and don't engage Zhang Xianzhong in a short fight."

"Yes."

"Li Debao."

"Yes."

"You stick to the No. 2 mountain forest, rely on the mountain forest, give full play to the advantages of firearms, and if they dare to come, you will beat them and run away."

"Yes."

"Bull Run."

"Here!"

……

One order after another was issued, and the Xingping front line began to build defenses to guard against Zhang Xianzhong.