Chapter 341 Is the old man's guarantee enough?
Liu Badao was the first hero who raised the flag of the Douzigang Rebel Army, the highest prestige and the strongest strength. This time, the heroes of Hebei joined Douzigang, so he naturally recommended him as the leader of the alliance, but he, the leader, is actually a host and the role of convening the person.
The news that the Donglai Navy entered the inland waterway and cut off the rebels' retreat was first reported to Liu Badao, the "leader". Liu Badao urgently summoned all the heroes to discuss countermeasures. The heroes were immediately "exploded" and their retreat was cut off by the official army. Although they would not fall into a desperate situation immediately, the crisis in front of them was very serious, so some people couldn't wait and immediately shouted to withdraw their troops and take advantage of the government navy's rapid crossing the river and returning to Hebei before the official navy completely blocked the river.
The suggestion of withdrawing troops and returning was rejected as soon as it was proposed. This was a purely brainless idea. The Navy of the Official Army was enough to kill the rebels crossing the river without leaving any armor. In addition, the main force of the Navy of the Official Army was also an elite army on the land. If the number of this elite army reached 20,000 to 30,000, the Hebei Rebels, which are known as a 100,000 army, will definitely not be the opponent, and there will be even the danger of being wiped out by the entire army.
It is definitely too late to withdraw to Hebei now, and fighting against the Navy of the government is also a way to die. Therefore, Liu Heita believes that the best way at present is to join forces with the Qi and Lu people, and three rebels attack Zhang Xutuo, and first "eat" the weakest official army.
Liu Badao immediately raised doubts. The current situation in the battlefield in Qi County is very unfavorable to the rebel army. Although from the perspective of the rebel army, the three rebel army had surrounded Zhang Xutuo, from the perspective of the official army, the three rebel army divided the three rebel army, and the official army had the advantage. Next, Zhang Xutuo only had to defend Zhangqiu to the death and drag the three rebel army under Zhangqiu City. When the Donglai Navy and King Yang Nan of Qi came from the north and south, the rebel army would undoubtedly be defeated.
Judging from the known military situation, the Donglai Naval Division, which has controlled the Dahe River waterway, is only more than 100 miles away from Zhangqiu City. If a rush is enough for a day, even if the Donglai Naval Division does not land today, it will definitely land tomorrow. So if nothing unexpected happens, the Donglai Naval Division will arrive at the Zhangqiu battlefield tomorrow night and launch an attack on the Hebei rebel army on the north bank of the Ji River. King Yang Nan of Qi is about 300 miles away from Zhangqiu City at the Zhongchuan Water Battlefield. If he follows Li Fengyun and fights to Zhangqiu City, he will also appear on the Zhangqiu battlefield tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. In this way, the three rebel army will only have one day to attack Zhangxutuo. If Zhangxutuo cannot be defeated within one day, the three rebel army will have to face the counter-encirclement of the three official troops.
"I just want to ask you one thing now. The three rebels joined forces to defeat Zhang Xutuo in one day?" Liu Badao asked sternly.
Liu Heita shook his hand and signaled Liu Badao to be calm.
"The White-haired Coach has clearly told us that although he brought nearly 40,000 main forces into the Zhangqiu battlefield, he still left more than 30,000 people to block the King of Qi Yang Nan in the Zhongchuan Water Battlefield. The reason why King of Qi Yang Nan entered Qilu to suppress the rebellion was in name to kill the White-haired Coach, but in fact he wanted to take this opportunity to take over Qilu and control Qilu. At the end of last year, King of Qi Yang Nan used the opportunity of the White-haired Coach to defeat Liang Dezhong and easily controlled Xuzhou. This time, he must do the same thing and defeat Zhang Xutuo again with the White-haired Coach's hands, and then won Qilu without any effort. Therefore, the White-haired Coach's deduction of the Zhangqiu battlefield is that the Donglai Navy must support Zhang Xutuo, and King of Qi Yang Nan must sit on the mountain to watch the tiger fight. Just wait for the winner of Zhangqiu battlefield to decide, no matter who wins, he will be scarred and exhausted in the end, and is no match for King of Qi Yang Nan at all."
When Liu Heita said this, he raised his hand to point at Luoshui River on the map and continued, "Yesterday, based on the Baihai Shuaishou's deduction of the battle situation in Zhangqiu, the offensive and defensive strategy we made was that Hao Shuai and a certain army led their troops to the front line of Luoshui to block the attack from the Donglai Navy Division from the direction of the river, while Liu Shuai, Sun Shuai, Li Shuai and Shi Shuai were stationed on the north bank of the Jishou River, and joined hands with the Qilu Rebel Army on the south bank of the Jishou River to attack Zhang Xutuo."
"This strategy is still available now. The Donglai Navy has arrived and cut off the river waterway, but it does not mean that the Navy will definitely land, or enter the Zhangqiu battlefield immediately." Liu Heita was calm and confident. "According to the news from the White-haired Coach, the Holy Lord had left the Dongdu and headed north to Liaodong on the fourth day of the March, and began the second Eastern Expedition. In other words, the main task of the Donglai Navy is not to suppress the rebellion, but Eastern Expedition. According to the exact information we have obtained, last year, the Navy was defeated in Pyongyang, and 40,000 soldiers were killed in battle. According to the exact information we have obtained, last year, the Navy was defeated in Pyongyang, and 40,000 soldiers were killed in battle.
Only 20,000 remaining soldiers were defeated. Obviously, if the Navy wants to participate in the Second Eastern Expedition, the first thing to do is to replenish troops. Secondly, after replenishing the troops, it is necessary to improve combat effectiveness through practical exercises. This takes time, but the day of the Navy's expedition across the sea is getting closer and closer. It is impossible for the Navy to lead Hu'er and Zhou Fa to waste a lot of time and energy on the suppression of the rebellion. Besides, there are not only Zhang Xutuo and King Yang Nan of Qi on the battlefield of Qi County, but there are already a lot of troops to suppress the rebellion. Even if the Navy supports it, the troops invested very limited."
Liu Heita's analysis was detailed and incisive. After hearing this, the strong men's nervous mood relaxed a little, but the crisis actually existed, and the power balance between the enemy and us was not optimistic. More importantly, because of the change in the battle situation, the strong men must invest all their strength in the next battle and do their best, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable. But the problem is, what if this battle is won? It is just a wedding dress for the Qilu Rebel Army. Facing the Qi Wang Yang Nan who was staring at the battlefield in Zhangqiu, the Hebei people could not get the benefits of a cent. This completely deviated from the original intention of the army to move south, so everyone's mood was very low.
"Who can guarantee that King Qi Yang Nan will not enter the Zhangqiu battlefield at a critical moment?" Liu Badao pointed directly at the critical moment.
Liu Heita's analysis of the battle situation just now was based on the information provided by the white-haired coach Li Fengyun. In fact, no one knows whether the King of Qi Yang Nan is still in the Zhongchuan Water Battlefield? Is he slowly approaching Zhangqiu? This involves a more serious question, whether the white-haired coach Li Fengyun is trustworthy.
"Who can guarantee that the white-haired handsome words are true and credible?"
Liu Heita dared not promise, and Hao Xiaode did not dare. Although they had met Li Fengyun in Houcheng at the end of last year and had an in-depth conversation with him, they learned the real purpose of his sudden crossing the river and entering the Yongji Canal battlefield. At that time, Li Fengyun warned them that the Hebei wealthy families might have to attack them for their own interests, and crossing the river and evacuating the south for a while was the only way out. The result was that Li Fengyun's prediction was completely correct, but this matter involved many secrets of Hebei wealthy families and Li Fengyun's personal identity secrets. Therefore, Liu Heita and Hao Xiaode did not dare to guarantee Li Fengyun anyway without any evidence.
At this moment, a clear and firm voice suddenly rang in the big tent, "I believe that the white-haired handsome guy is handsome.
Everyone looked at it and was surprised to find that it was Sun Xuanya.
Sun Xuanya is a white-clothed Confucian scholar in his thirties. He comes from the prominent family of Bohai. Like Liu Badao, he is a famous local hero in Bohai County. With his wealthy family and appealing aristocratic status, he is surrounded by black and white, and is ambitious. When he saw the "wind and surging clouds", he followed the trend and tried to "take a wrong sword" and use violent means to realize his dream of "king of kings, princes, generals and ministers". Now Sun Xuanya is proclaimed as "King of Qi" and is the only hero in the Hebei rebel army who dares to claim the title of kings. On the one hand, although Sun Xuanya's ambitions show, but on the other hand, it also exposes Sun Xuanya's arrogant and arrogant personality. Just imagine that Gao Shida, who came from the Bohai Gao family, just called himself Donghai Gong. He, a third-class nobleman in Hebei, dared to claim the title of kings. What is this arrogance?
The Bohai Rebel Army was the strongest in Douzigang, while the Douzigang Rebel Army was the strongest in Douzigang Rebel Army, and Sun Xuanya could only surrender to the second place. The two fought openly and secretly, each looking for help. Liu Badao's help was Hao Xiaode and Liu Heita, and Sun Xuanya's help not only included Haoshuai Geqian in the Yanshan area of the Bohai Sea, but also Wang Bo and Meng Rang from the Qi people.
Wang Bo was defeated by Zhang Xutuo and crossed the river north to take refuge in Douzigang because of Sun Xuanya's acceptance. Without Sun Xuanya's active response and selfless material support, how could Wang Bo survive in Douzigang, which was like a poor mountain and bad water? The reason why Sun Xuanya protected Wang Bo was not because of his brotherly loyalty, but wanted to use Wang Bo's power to go south to Qilu to develop.
Why did Sun Xuanya proclaim himself "King of Qi" in Bohai, Hebei? This is the reason. Douzigang is too small and the Bohai Sea is not a place to dominate. On the contrary, Qilu, separated by a river, is not only rich, but also a kingly and domineering foundation since ancient times. Therefore, Sun Xuanya has long focused on Qilu. If he wants to realize his dream of "kings, princes, generals and ministers", he must develop in Qilu and become king in Qilu. Unfortunately, he is not strong enough and has no chance to cross the river and move south. Fortunately, the opportunity came soon. Not only Li Fengyun, Meng Rang and other Qilu heroes actively invited Wang Bo to return to Changbai Mountain, the quelling rebellion in Hebei also forced some Hebei rebels to temporarily avoid the edge, so Sun Xuanya became an active promoter and planner for going south.
However, the situation suddenly changed, and the people of Hebei panicked after the retreat. The first thing they thought about was how to protect themselves, rather than facing the crisis and creating opportunities for development in the crisis. Although Liu Heita's analysis and deduction eased everyone's tension to a certain extent, it was a fact that Donglai Navy was approaching the battlefield. Next, they had to do their best to fight to the death, which touched everyone's bottom line. Everyone went south to Qilu to burn, kill, plunder, and returned easily and easily, instead of fighting to the death, fighting to the death, and fighting to both sides or even losing all. The consequences were too serious and unacceptable.
Seeing that the opportunity that Sun Xuanya finally got was losing, she certainly had to stand up and argue.
Liu Badao sneered, stared at Sun Xuanya with his eyes, and asked, "What is your friendship with the white-haired handsome guy?"
Sun Xuanya was immediately stunned.
"Since you have no friendship with the white-haired handsome guy, why should you determine that the white-haired handsome guy is trustworthy?"
Sun Xuanya was furious. The white-haired handsome man's army was on the other side, just under Zhangqiu City, and was about to launch an attack on Zhang Xutuo. At such a critical moment, a group of Hebei people here argued about whether the white-haired handsome man is trustworthy. It was ridiculous.
At this moment, the curtain was raised and an old man in a cloth walked in with a cane.
The heroes stood up in a hurry and saluted them together.
"I believe in the handsome white hair." The old man looked at everyone. Although the vicissitudes of life were not loud, they echoed in the ears of the heroes. "Is my guarantee enough?"
Chapter completed!