On the fourth day of August, on the south bank of Juma River, the Alliance Army camp.

?Li Zixiong suddenly rushed over, causing Zhen Baoche, Lu Mingxing, Huo Xiaohan, Xiahou Zhe and other military chiefs to be very surprised, and they didn't know what Li Zixiong's purpose was.

Zhen Baoche and others respectfully welcomed Li Zixiong into the commander's tent. Out of respect and politeness, Zhen Baoche regarded himself as a junior and told Li Zixiong in detail the current situation in the Shanggu and the future trend of the Jumahe blocking the battlefield. The words revealed the meaning of "retreat without a single body" and the desire to fight was not strong.

Li Zixiong was very kind and briefly introduced the war between the north and south sides of Feihu Xing. The attacks of the left army were smooth. Lingqiu and Feihu on the south side of Feihu Xing were both "into their pockets". Weicheng, Pingshu and other towns on the north side of Feihu Xing have also "put in peace". At present, Han Shiyan and Zhou Zhong were following the Qiyi River north, fighting on the Sanggan River line, advancing towards the hinterland of Yanbei, while Li Min and Niu Jinda were guarding Lingqiu and moving at the right time towards Shaquan to block the Weifu army in Yanmen and Daibei.

But as the supreme commander of the left army, Li Zixiong shoulders the important task of opening up a foothold for the alliance. At this moment, he should be in charge of Feihu's command, rather than appearing on the flanking battlefield or on the front line of Jumahe's blocking. This is really puzzled.

Li Zixiong also explained this, but his reasons were too far-fetched. "The reason why I rushed to Shanggu was because I was instructed by the handsome white-haired man to do a secret matter for him." Since it was a secret matter, of course it could not be made public, and it was known to everyone.

Li Zixiong was a man of a good spirit and knew that his abnormal actions had aroused high alert from Zhen Baoche and other general managers. Although Zhen Baoche and others were not worried about interfering or seizing military power, they were not unpredictable and had no choice but to defend themselves. Once they deliberately influenced the offensive and defensive decisions of the middle army and use their power to achieve some unspeakable and even damage the alliance, the problem would be serious. So Li Zixiong bluntly told Zhen Baoche and others that his trip was highly confidential and could not be leaked at all. The implication was that I would not interfere or affect any decisions of your left army. I would do my own thing, and you would not interfere with your war.

Zhen Baoche reluctantly felt relieved this time and asked tentatively, "If Ming Gong wants some help, just give me instructions."

"I do need your help," said Li Zixiong. "The response of Zhuo County this time is very slow, which is very different from our previous predictions. Although I don't know why, there is one thing that is undoubtedly the development of the situation is becoming more and more beneficial to us. Now the left army has reached the Sanggan River line, directly endangering the security of Yanbei Town Shou; and the right army has successfully surrounded Gaoyang and grabbed the food we need; your middle army has also attacked the city and captured the village in Shanggu, and has deployed troops to the Giant Mahe River, blocking the way for Zhuo County to go south to support."

"The three armies of the alliance are coming out to burn, kill and loot at the north and south foot of the Taihang Mountains. The momentum is huge, which will greatly shock the Holy Lord and the Central Committee. The powerful strength of the alliance can be fully demonstrated. But what are the consequences of this move? Will it help the King of Qi go north to guard the border? Will the Holy Lord and the Central Committee reach a certain limited tacit understanding with the alliance as we speculate? And what is the real intention of this tacit understanding? Is it a delaying strategy, just wait for the right time to encircle us, or is it intentional to use us to drive away tigers and swallow wolves in order to kill people with a knife, or is it the kind of tacit understanding we need that is conducive to the development and growth of the alliance?"

When Li Zixiong said this, the alliance managers such as Zhen Baoche and Lu Mingxing had already understood it and guessed that Li Zixiong had rushing to Jumahe Front. Apart from Li Zixiong, the alliance really couldn't find a second person with this kind of "Tiantian" ability.

"So, I need you to stay on the front line of Jumahe for a longer time." Li Zixiong said at the end.

Li Zixiong's request was not too much. Besides, Li Fengyun has not evacuated Gaoyang so far. Zhen Baoche and Lu Mingxing must continue to stick to the front line of Jumahe. Even though they persisted more than before, even if they suffered a great loss in the process of persistence, even if they had the idea of ​​"retreat without being evacuated", as long as Li Fengyun did not evacuate Gaoyang, they must grit their teeth and persevere. From this point alone, the alliance managers such as Zhen Baoche and Lu Mingxing cannot refuse Li Zixiong's request.

Zhen Baoche did not refuse directly, but did not agree at once. Instead, he said politely, "Ming Gong, in accordance with the order of the Baihai Shuai, when he led all his troops to evacuate Gaoyang, that is, we evacuate Jumahe. Therefore, if the Baihai Shuai sent news that he had evacuated Gaoyang, we would evacuate Jumahe."

The implication is that we must absolutely follow Li Fengyun's orders. Even if your mission is important, since Li Fengyun has not ordered us to cooperate with you unconditionally, we can only cooperate within our own authority. We can do nothing beyond this authority. After all, the "boss" of the alliance is Li Fengyun, not your old man.

Li Zixiong smiled and nodded, "I must also listen to the orders of the handsome white-haired handsome. If the handsome white-haired orders you to retreat, of course I will follow my advice."

Since we respect and understand each other, things will be easy to handle. Hello and I, we are in harmony and have a lot of fun chatting and laughing. The general managers of the alliance, including Zhen Baoche and Lu Mingxing, took the opportunity to humbly ask Li Zixiong for some offensive and defensive tactics.

In the afternoon, the scouts who were inquiring about military information on the east bank of Laishui urgently reported that Zhuo County had another reinforcements, with about 10,000 troops. They entered Zhuo City before noon and were probably to arrive at Zeban City before dusk.

Zeban Small Town is about thirty miles away from Anding Post and less than fifty miles away from Jumahe. In other words, for safety reasons, this reinforcement army should camp at Zeban Small Town tonight, and then contact the reinforcements who arrived at Anding Post in advance to learn more about the current situation in Shanggu and the battle situation in Jumahe. After raising their energy, they will rush to Jumahe to launch an attack tomorrow.

The atmosphere in the alliance suddenly became tense. More than 10,000 reinforcements came from Zhuo County, most of which should be the elite army of Youzhou. It is not ruled out that there was the Xiaoguo Army just formed by the Saint Lord at the beginning of the year, and there might even be the Imperial Guard of the Saint Lord. So many troops came over with great momentum, so the pressure on the Alliance to block the attack was great.

After urgent discussions by Zhen Baoche, Lu Mingxing, Huo Xiaohan, Xiahou Zhe and other general managers immediately decided to ask for help from Guo Ming, the general manager stationed in Wuhui City, and asked Cao Kun's second alliance army to quickly go down the Yishui River to support the Jumahe battlefield. He also urgently reported to the general manager Wang Bo, while surrounding Yishui City, quickly strengthened the defensive power on the west bank of Laishui to prevent the reinforcements of Zhuo County from forcing the crossing of Laishui, seize Puyin Xing, and cut off the retreat of the alliance army.

Li Zixiong also participated in the military convention and had objections to the defensive deployment of the middle army. He believed that Zhen Baoche and others had serious problems in their defensive ideas, but they were not in their position and did not plan their own affairs. He was the commander of the left army and suddenly appeared silently on the battlefield of the middle army. It had already made Zhen Baoche and other alliance chief managers full of doubts and were very alert. If they "pointed and interfered with Zhen Baoche's battlefield command again and openly interfered with Zhen Baoche's battlefield command, they would not only be arrogant and domineering, but also seek hatred to make enemies on all sides. So Li Zixiong closed his mouth tactfully and said nothing.

His sitting aside and not speaking does not mean that Zhen Baoche and other alliance chiefs can ignore him and treat him as "air". Now the alliance is complex and there are many internal factions. Li Zixiong is no longer the "lonely man" he used to be, but as the supreme commander of the Qi King's army, he has more than 10,000 troops under his command, and is strong and has the power to compete with Li Fengyun. In this case, even Li Fengyun is "polite to him" to him, let alone Zhen Baoche and Lu Mingxing, who are of low origins, are arrogant and handsome men.

Zhen Baoche respectfully sought advice and had a sincere attitude. After all, Li Zixiong's age, status, and merits were all there. Although now, although "tigers fall into the sun", for Zhen Baoche and Lu Mingxing, Li Zixiong is still a "high-rise" juniors like Zhen Baoche and Lu Mingxing, and dare not be neglected at all. Besides, if the King of Qi can "win the title" in the future, Li Zixiong will be a meritorious official, and they can also "successfully ascend to heaven". Therefore, it is beneficial or harmless to establish a good relationship with Li Zixiong now, and there is no need to offend him.

Li Zixiong wanted to make a few perfunctory things, but suddenly he thought that Li Fengyun knew that he had arrived at the Jumahe front line in the future. When Zhen Baoche and others took the initiative to ask for advice, he still said nothing and allowed the Alliance army to fight fiercely with the Guard troops, which caused the Alliance army to suffer too much damage. There will inevitably be misunderstandings between the two sides, which is obviously not good for future cooperation. In addition, whether the King of Qi can go north to guard the border and when to guard the border north to guard the border is not only related to the development of the alliance, but also affects the victory or defeat of the upcoming North-South War. Therefore, whether it is the Gaoyang battlefield or the Jumahe battlefield, we must do our best to promote the situation to the greatest extent to the direction that is beneficial to our side, so as to help the King of Qi achieve the goal of going north as soon as possible.

"Concentrate the main force on the south bank of Juma River, and use the power of natural danger to block the enemy's troops to delay the speed of the southward movement of the enemy. This plan is indeed good." Li Zixiong praised a few words kindly, then changed the subject and said tactfully, "Today is the fourth day of the lunar month. According to some calculations, Han Shiyan, Zhou Zhong and Laiyuan should have swept across the Qiyi River and are fighting on the front line of dry water, quickly advancing to the hinterland of Yanbei. If the situation in Yanbei is chaotic, it will endanger the safety of the town and garrison, so Yan

The north must tell Zhuo County's remaining residence as quickly as possible. Duan Da is cautious and steadily. Once he receives the news that the white-haired commander enters Yanbei, he knows that he is attacked from both sides and is in danger of being unable to take into account both ends, he will definitely order reinforcements to stop on the north bank of the Juma River. After all, the Holy Lord and the Palace are in Linshuo Palace, which is only more than 300 miles away from Yanbei and Shanggu. At present, our attack has threatened the safety of the Holy Lord and the Palace, and Duan Da has to make a choice."

As soon as this was said, Zhen Baoche, Lu Mingxing and others suddenly realized that there had been important omissions in their grasp of the entire battle situation, and they did not consider that the attacks of the Alliance army in Yanbei would inevitably affect the rescue decisions of Zhuo County.

Zhen Baoche was the first to understand Li Zixiong’s hint and immediately gave a deep tribute to Li Zixiong to express his gratitude.

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Chapter completed!