Chapter 125: Expedition to Qingzhou

The flags are fluttering, the drums are bursting, and the lions on the school field are arrayed, murderous and earth-shattering.

"The king has a will, Yang Fanhai is young and promising, the pillar of the country, specially named the general of Zhengyuan, the official rank of four grades, three days later on the altar to worship the general, leading 200,000 troops to Qingzhou. Restrained by the second prince Gongsun Xuanyuan, the big things are played, and the small things are their own. Chin!"

On the podium, the minister read the decree again, and all the soldiers let out a low roar.

On the side of the school field, Yang Fanhai was wearing a silver armor, got up, and was about to go on stage.

"General Yang, wait!"

Princess Jinglu on the side called out to him, stretched out her hand to tidy up her body a little, and then said softly: "The war is ruthless, be careful all the way." ”

Yang Fanhai nodded: "Don't worry, princess, I will be careful." You are also in Zhengcheng, if you have something to discuss with Zhang Xiao and Xue Chengtong, I am afraid that the eldest prince will not give up. ”

Originally, this expedition, twelve people were going to follow the battle. It's just that Yang Fanhai was worried that Gongsun Weiqing deliberately let himself go out to fight, and the Jiguo Mansion would be empty, so that he could retaliate, so he just brought a few subordinates from the time when the city was fixed in the past, and the others stayed in case they were prepared.

It is not unreasonable to be worried, when he went out, Feng Wuyang actually took someone to wait outside early, saying that it was the order of the great prince, except for the soldiers who went out on the expedition, other people in the Jiguo Mansion were not allowed to enter and leave at will for the time being.

Although there weren't too many moves, it was clear that he didn't want Princess Jinglu to go out to see her off. After a quarrel, it was Gongsun Xuanyuan who finally sent the talent to finally end.

As Feng Wuyang said that day, with his ability, he is not as good as Yang Fanhai, but his task is to disgust the people of the Jiguo Mansion, and to make the people inside feel uncomfortable is success, and this is exactly what Gongsun Weiqing needs.

Listening to Yang Fanhai's advice, Princess Jinglu nodded: "I know, don't worry." You go first, don't let His Royal Highness the Second Prince wait for a long time. ”

Yang Fanhai walked into the school field, and under the attention of countless soldiers, he walked step by step to worship Jiangtai. Looking at the figure that didn't look so strong, the eyes of each soldier were full of envy.

Although not everyone knows Yang Fanhai, they have heard a lot about him. Before he was twenty years old, he had already made great achievements in Jiguo, and now he was named the general of Zhengyuan.

Don't say that a general has been surrendered, even if it is the king's descendants, he has never had such an honor. is different from the flamboyant intestines of politicians, in the eyes of these soldiers, the future of this general named Yang Fanhai is really limitless.

Step by step, Gongsun Xuanyuan was already waiting on the platform.

On the expedition, the king should have been present in person to see off the soldiers, but I don't know what the reason is, Gongsun Shaodian did not appear, and this worship was naturally handed over to Gongsun Xuanyuan.

Taking a silver helmet from the hand of the attendant on the side and putting it on Yang Fan's kelp, Gongsun Xuanyuan said: "This Mingguang armor is an armor that only a second-rank general can wear, and the situation is different today, and it is reasonable for your father to give it to you." Now that you wear this armor, you can fight as hard as you can on the battlefield. ”

"The last general will definitely go to the soup and fight the fire, at any cost!" Yang Fanhai said loudly.

Gongsun Xuanyuan patted him on the shoulder and said softly: "If this Zhengyuan general is done by others, I really feel uncomfortable in my heart, but since it's you, it doesn't matter, do it well!"

Yang Fanhai nodded: "The last general knows that he will not live up to the high hopes of the second prince." ”

Gongsun Xuanyuan smiled, looked at the school army again, pulled out the sword at his waist with one hand, pointed to the sky, and shouted: "Go out!"

"Fight, fight, fight!" all the soldiers shouted in unison, and the fighting spirit soared to the sky.

After Yang Fanhai thanked him, he walked down the platform step by step, and there were already soldiers waiting below. Turned over and got on the horse, saluted Gongsun Xuanyuan, and then made a reassuring gesture to Princess Jinglu at the edge of the school field, and then rode off.

Out of the city gate, he led an army of 200,000 and headed all the way to the northeast.

Looking at a big road leading directly to the end of the sky, and then disappearing into the horizon, Yang Fanhai suddenly felt inexplicable. The events of life, like this great road, seem to be far ahead, but there is no way to know what lies after crossing a hill or the end of the horizon.

Just like himself, some time ago, he was still fighting to the death for the country of Ji and the country of bears, but now it has been less than half a year, his identity has changed, and he has become the general of the country of bears again, and he has led 200,000 people to fight for the country of bears.

When you think about it, it just feels ridiculous, but that's the way it is.

"Yang Fanhai, are you really going to do this? Not very well?" said Xu Fan, who was walking behind on horseback, softly.

Yang Fanhai smiled: "There is nothing bad about it, if you talk about charging into battle, I am not inferior to anyone, but when it comes to arranging troops, Zhang Xiao and Xue Chengtong are stronger than me, even Wu Yan should be better than me." I'm actually not suitable for leading troops now, but I'm already here, so I have to face it, and I'll leave the matter of scheduling to you. ”

Either you don't do it, you have to do it well, and since you have already led the troops to the battle, you should fight more beautifully.

Yang Fanhai has already figured out that after he is brave and not weak, he really doesn't know much about military strategy. led an army of 20,000 to fight a fierce battle, and there were only two ways, either to charge or to retreat, and he had never divided his troops into formation.

It is not his own forte to control the overall situation, and Xu Fan has shown his military talent in the past, so it is better to let him help him command, and he just needs to charge into battle.

But in this way, it means that Xu Fan has become the coach, he is just a puppet, which makes Xu Fan always feel a little bad, and he whispers softly in the back: "What if they don't listen to the command?"

"Military law disposes, kill what should be killed, and punish what should be punished!"

Among the generals, except for Yang Fanhai's different treatment, there is not much difference between the others. Even if Wu Shen and Deng Yuanwu are not bad, they can only be regarded as average in the army of the bear country.

Moreover, they have no military exploits and no influence, and it is impossible for them to get high-ranking officials. Although he is now following Yang Fanhai on the expedition, he is only as a personal guard.

"What if something goes wrong?" Xu Fan asked again.

"I'm responsible for something wrong!" Yang Fanhai responded without hesitation.

The heavier the burden on his shoulders, the more he felt the importance of decisiveness. Sometimes it's not necessarily right, but it must not be distrustful of the leader, otherwise what awaits will be a disaster. It was like the battle of the valley that day, but before the attack was attacked, his 3,000 men and horses were blown away like fallen leaves.

The same thing must not happen again, and he must use victory to make these soldiers trust him unconditionally.

The army set out to march to the northeast, but in two months, it had reached the edge of the border of the bear country.

There is a bear country to rise in Yuzhou, the first direction of expanding the territory chose to go east, and now Qingzhou and Xuzhou have nearly half of them in their hands. In the past, he was still waiting for the right opportunity to do it, but now that Zhu has unified Yongzhou and Jizhou, Gongsun Shaodian feels that the pressure is too great, and he doesn't care so much, and he starts a direct invasion.

As Gongsun Xuanyuan said, in the eyes of Gongsun Shaodian, Zhu Guonai is one of his biggest enemies.

At the frontier of the country, there should have been a general who should have presided over the defense of this area. After Yang Fanhai arrived, regardless of whether the other party was convinced or not, he directly took over the supreme command of the Qingzhou area, and then let Xu Fan play to his heart's content.

After resting for supplies in Liaocheng, the main city of the front line, and then studying the battle situation here, the two began to discuss countermeasures.

"Qingzhou originally had three countries: the Shang State, the Lu State and the Qi State. The tyranny of the Shang monarch made the people miserable and starved for thousands of miles. Ten years ago, it was exterminated by the army led by His Royal Highness the Second Prince, and became part of the country of Youxiong......"

Xu Fan pointed to the map and explained slowly, these days, he has a general understanding of the general situation of the entire Qingzhou.

"Although the Lu State and the Qi State are not small, and their strength is much better than that of the Chang State and the Ji State, in my opinion, they are not as difficult to fight as I imagined. ”

"In the past, during the war between the Shang countries, both countries wanted to fish in troubled waters and take advantage of the chaos to expand their territory. Each sent an elite army into the territory of the Shang Kingdom, intending to share a scoop of soup under the Youxiong Kingdom. ”

But Gongsun Xuanyuan is not such a good bully, after capturing the capital of the Shang State, he waved his army to the east, directly killing the allied forces of the two countries, and suffered heavy losses. According to the intelligence, less than half of the people fled back. ”

"If it weren't for Gongsun Weiqing's secret obstruction, Gongsun Xuanyuan would probably have directly captured the two countries in one go. ”

"Ten years, although it is enough to train another strong army, these two countries have been guarding against the bear country for all these years, and have never started a war, and the bear country has never moved. Without the baptism of war, the soldiers and horses of the two countries can be called half of the new army. ”

"And the people who led the troops are those generals who fled back ten years ago, and the shadow of ten years ago cannot disappear here, they should be afraid of the bear country. Once we are attacked head-on, it remains to be seen whether the soldiers and horses led by such generals can exert half of their combat strength. ”

"Then what do you think should be done?" asked Yang Fanhai, who was not very interested in analysis, but what was important to do.

Xu Fan pointed to the map and drew a line and said: "The news of our army's expedition has long been known to the other party, according to the report of the spies, the Qi State has sent a large army into the Lu State, ready to jointly resist the attack of our army, and has been deployed in this area, ready to meet the battle at any time." ”

Yang Fanhai looked at the map for a moment, pointed to a large red-dotted city on the top and said: "The capital of the country of Lu is not particularly far away, we will divide the general people and horses to respond, resist the soldiers and horses in other directions, and then attack in this direction and directly attack the capital of the country of Lu, what do you think?"

Xu Fan smiled: "This is indeed a way, but it is not the best way." ”

"I have already thought of two tactics to conquer Qingzhou, one is a main attack, the other is a surprise attack, it depends on how you choose. ”

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