On the fifth day of August, in the afternoon, the south bank of Juma River, Alliance Camp.

Li Zixiong was invited to participate in the military convention of the Central Army. At the beginning of the military convention, Zhen Baoche announced a news that Li Fengyun, the general manager of the alliance, led his army to Jumahe, and it is estimated that he would meet with the Central Army tonight.

Li Zixiong was a little surprised when he heard this news. Lu Mingxing and other heroes also looked at each other. Li Fengyun personally rushed to Jumahe. Why?

Could it be that Gao Yang's food has been snatched up and the army on the right has evacuated? No, if the army on the right has evacuated, Li Fengyun will inform the army on the middle as quickly as possible and ask them to evacuate quickly. There is no need for Li Fengyun to come and order himself. Could it be that the King of Qi has already reached Gao Yang? This does not make sense. If the King of Qi kills Gao Yang and the army on the right has begun evacuation, Li Fengyun still needs to go to Jumahe in person?

Since there is no problem with Gaoyang, the problem undoubtedly appears in Jumahe. Li Fengyun came in a hurry, obviously worried that the army on the middle road would not be able to complete the mission. The Haoshangs knew that they did have the idea of ​​preserving their strength and evacuating Shanggu early. For this reason, they made a hidden hint in the second letter to Li Fengyun. Li Fengyun did not reply in time, but Li Zixiong suddenly appeared and gave some "instructions" in the deployment of troops, giving Haoshangs the confidence to persist for a longer time. Otherwise, it would be difficult to say how the situation develops today. This is probably the reason why Li Fengyun personally rushed to Jumahe. Only by taking charge can he stabilize the morale of the army be stabilized.

The atmosphere in the tent was suddenly solemn. Those who were sitting here were all the "old men" of the alliance, and they all fought against the heroes who followed Li Fengyun to fight in southwest Shandong. In the past, there were indeed some grudges between each other, but time had changed. Now everyone is moving to the northern border and struggling to survive in a completely unfamiliar place. First of all, they must unite and work together. However, the fact is not the case. Everyone still puts personal and small groups first. At critical moments, the first thing they think of is to preserve their own strength, rather than taking the overall situation into consideration.

The rich and handsome men were tacitly aware of it and kept their mouths closed. Zhen Baoche was also secretly nervous, but fortunately the situation in Shanggu is temporarily beneficial to the alliance. Even if Li Fengyun is dissatisfied, it is difficult to publicly accuse him.

At this moment, Zhen Baoche was very grateful to Li Zixiong. If it weren't for Li Zixiong's "prompt" yesterday, the alliance army would re-deploy, relying on Laishui and Jumahe to launch a two-way attack, forcing the reinforcements of Zhuo County into a dilemma, extending the attack speed of the Weifu Army. Today, there would be a fierce battle on the front line of Jumahe. The heroes who had already developed the intention to retreat would have had timid people in the face of the fierce attack of the Weifu Army. Once the defense line was broken by the Weifu Army, the consequences would be unimaginable.

However, this battle was inevitable after all. Now the reinforcements from Zhuo County have reached the other side of the river, and Li Fengyun has also arrived in a hurry. The two sides will fight fiercely tomorrow. For this reason, Zhen Baoche convened various military congresses for the military, which was nominally deployed offensive and defensive strategies, but in fact it was to inform everyone that Li Fengyun is here, don’t be lucky, and it should be better to do your best.

"Tomorrow's offense and defense will be attacked from the west and south sides, and they will support each other." Zhen Baoche said in front of the map. "According to scouts, the reinforcements from Zhuo County were divided into two, and one was led by Duan Da, the remaining defender of Zhuo County, and went south to Anding Post to meet with Yingyang Zhuo City who arrived here in advance. The other was the Xiaoguo Army. They held troops in Qigoujin and confronted our army across Laishui. Duan Da wanted to rescue Gaoyang, and his main attack direction must be in Jumahe. Therefore, when fierce battles broke out on Jumahe, our troops deployed on the Laishui line launched an attack to restrain the Xiaoguo Army in Qigoujin and prevent them from joining the Jumahe battlefield."

The Haomai immediately discussed in detail. Yesterday, when Zhen Baoche adjusted its troops, some Haomai held objections, believing that the division of troops was not conducive to blocking. Once the reinforcements of Zhuo County tried their best to attack Jumahe, can the Alliance Army deployed on the south bank of Jumahe block the enemy's crossing the river? Once the blocking cannot be stopped and the enemy breaks through the defense line, then the Alliance Army deployed on the west bank of Laishui will be meaningless even if the alliance army deployed on the west bank of Laishui completes the encirclement of the enemy. To put it bluntly, the fewer troops deployed on the south bank of Jumahe, the greater the loss in the blocking battle, and the more unwilling the Haomai who undertakes the blocking task. But at present, Zhen Baoche's plan has been successful. The Zhuo County reinforcements made a wrong interpretation of the deployment of the Alliance Army, and they were also divided into two, which greatly reduced the defensive pressure on the front line of Jumahe.

However, the question that followed was whether Duan Da, the left-behind Zhuo County, knew the strength of the Alliance Army? Is he so stupid? First of all, Duan Da was very smart, otherwise he would not be able to reach his current status. Secondly, he had no idea about the Alliance Army at all and was disdainful of the Alliance Army. Since that is the case, his division of troops might be a trick, and he intends to let the Alliance Army shoot himself in the foot and cause trouble.

At the end of the discussion, Lu Mingxing, Xiahou Zhe and other heroes who were responsible for blocking Jumahe head-on, suggested that Zhen Baoche transfer two troops from the west bank of Laishui and place them on Yishui as a preparatory line. Once the reinforcements in Zhuojun attack Jumahe and catch Zhen Baoche off guard, Zhen Baoche can also provide timely reinforcements to strengthen the defensive power on Jumahe as quickly as possible.

Zhen Baoche hesitated and took the initiative to seek Li Zixiong's opinions.

Li Zixiong still had some understanding of Duan Da. Although this person spent most of his time with two generations of emperors and was in the jail, he led his troops to fight during the War of Unification, and had made many achievements and had certain practical experience. According to the principle, he should not "attention" the rebels so much, nor should he divide his troops to fight. Unless Duan Da saw through the confusing situation in front of him, saw the true intention of this "rebel army", and saw the future direction of the situation in Youyan and even the entire northern border. Therefore, he had neither the intention of rushing to Gaoyang to seize the credit for King Qi, nor the motivation to fight fiercely with the "rebels". So this "tactic understanding" appeared in front of him, and he used the tricks to delay the speed of rescue from the south, so he could observe the development of the situation and ensure that he did not make political mistakes.

"How many troops did the Xiaoguo Army dispatch? How many Xiongwu Mansions are there?" Li Zixiong asked, "Have the scout seen the banner of the commander army clearly? Is it General Zhechong Lang or General Guoyi Lang?"

"According to the urgent report of the scout, the Xiaoguo Army had about 6,000 people. The general was a Wu Ben Lang General named Yin." Zhen Baoche was a little confused. He had never heard of what Li Zixiong said about Xiongwu Mansion, General Zhechong Lang and General Guo Yi Lang. He was very unfamiliar. After all, the Xiaoguo Army was just established in the early spring of this year. It is a new thing, and there are too few people who know it.

"Six thousand? Six Xiongwu Mansions?" Li Zixiong's face changed immediately, "General Wu Benlang of the Yinshi Division? Yinshi Division is one of the five commanders of the Xiaoguo Army. Don't you know?"

Zhen Baoche realized that the problem was serious, and Lu Mingxing, Xiahou Zhe and other heroes were shocked when they saw Li Zixiong hearing that there were 6,000-strong fruits, and they became nervous.

"Please give me advice." Zhen Baoche hurriedly asked for advice respectfully.

After the defeat in the first Eastern Expedition, the Holy Lord and the Twelve Guards had a fierce conflict, and the high-level military and political struggles became fierce. Under this background, even if the Holy Lord and the Central Government forcibly concentrate military power, as long as the commanders of the Twelve Guards disobeyed, the Holy Lord and the Central Government were actually undermined, and this is still secondary. What is important is that the security of the Holy Lord and the Central Government was threatened. Once there is a mutiny, especially on the expedition battlefield, how to ensure the security of the Holy Lord and the Central Government? The method is very simple, expand the Imperial Guards.

In the current unfavorable situation where the situation in China and abroad has deteriorated sharply, expanding the power of the Imperial Guard will not only help the safety of the Holy Lord and the Central during the expedition and inspection, but also help the Holy Lord and the Central Committee to invest the strongest force in the battle. This will not only consolidate and strengthen the authority of the central government, but also reduce the constraints of the twelve guards, which can be said to be a killing of multiple goals.

However, if one moves the whole body, the expansion of the Imperial Guard will inevitably involve the reform of the Imperial Guard system. The reform of the Imperial Guard system will inevitably involve the reform of the military system and the vital interests of the entire military. The resistance is too great. Therefore, the Holy Lord and the Central Committee "don't go the way" and build a new Xiaoguo Army to serve as a supplement and adjustment to the government system and the internal and external Sixteen Guards system. This will not affect the vested interests of the military, but also meet the requirements of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee to expand the power of the Imperial Guard.

There are sixteen guards' offices in the reform of the military system, among which the left and right guards and the left and right guards belong to the inner court, which are in charge of the guards and the access guards respectively, and are imperial guards. They do not lead the troops. The troops of the palace are led by the left and right guards of the outer courts and other twelve guards of the outer courts. The Xiaoguo Army belongs to the power of the imperial guards and is naturally owned by the left and right guards of the inner courts. However, after the strength of the prepared guards doubles, it will inevitably seriously affect the distribution pattern of vested interests of the military. Therefore, the Holy Lord and the Central Command decided that the Xiaoguo Army "affiliated" under the left and right guards, nominally belong to the left and right guards, but in fact it has nothing to do with them. The Xiaoguo Army is an independent guard system, which directly obeys the Holy Lord and the Central Command.

According to this supplementary system, the highest commander of the Xiaoguo Army is General Zhechong Lang, and the deputy commander is General Guoyi Lang. It has the left and right Xiongwu Mansions, among which the chief is General Xiongwu Lang, and the deputy commander is General Wuyong Lang. The organizational system and military generals of the Xiaoguo Army are exactly the same as those of the Yingyang Mansion under the Twelve Guards. However, in actual operation, the expansion speed of the Xiaoguo Army is very fast. As far as Li Zixiong knows, before the start of the Second Eastern Expedition, the number of the Xiaoguo Army had exceeded 20,000, which was far exceeding the upper limit stipulated by the system. However, Xiaoguo recruited brave soldiers but was not

It is an excuse to say that its main source of troops was the elite guards in Yingyang Mansion under the jurisdiction of the Twelve Guards. To put it bluntly, the Holy Lord and the Central Government took advantage of the newly established Xiaoguo to directly rob people from the Twelve Guards, and concentrated all the elite soldiers in the Mansion Army system into the imperial guard system for their own use. The Xiaoguo Army has as many as 20,000, there are twenty Xiongwu Mansions and ten generals Zhechong Lang. In order to facilitate command, the Holy Lord and the Central Government equipped the Xiaoguo Army with five Wu Benlang Generals as commanders, among which Yinshi Division, who can conquer and fight, is one of them.

"The Xiaoguo Army of Yinshi Division is powerful. If he crosses Laishui and attacks Yicheng fiercely, directly threatens the safety of Puyinxing and forms a clamping force against you, can you still defend the Giant Horse River?" Li Zixiong sighed, "Once Puyinxing is lost, or Yinshi Division occupies five times and cuts off your retreat, you will be surrounded, be attacked from both sides and behind, and fall into the left and right attacks of Duan Da and Yinshi Division, in danger."

Zhen Baoche was at a loss. Li Zixiong's words lost all the advantages of the alliance. Now if the main force is gathered in Jumahe, then Duan Da would have a feint attack to restrain him, and Laishui would be over. Wang Bo would definitely be defeated by Yinshi Division. On the contrary, if the main force is gathered in Laishui and fight to the death with Yinshi Division, then Duan Da's feint attack on Jumahe would inevitably turn into a strong attack. In this way, Duan Da could break through the defense line of the alliance and head straight for Gao Yang.

In the afternoon, Duan Da received a secret message from Feng Deyi on the north bank of Juma River. Yesterday, after discussions between the Holy Lord and the Central Committee decided to make some adjustments to the personnel of the northern Xinjiang in the near future to consolidate and strengthen the garrison force of the northern Xinjiang and improve the current tense relationship between the north and the south. Feng Deyi clearly told Duan Da that the first "obstacle" for King Qi to go north to guard the border has been cleared, and he will go south to Gaoyang on the sixth day of the lunar month. For this reason, he urged Duan Da not to delay any more and immediately rush to Gaoyang as quickly as possible.

Duan Da weighed the pros and consequently told the Yinshi Master that it was difficult to find out the details of the white-haired thief overnight. It was better to seek others than to seek others. It would be better to attack one attack. Attacking both lines at the same time will definitely gain something.

After dark, Yinshishi replied to Duan Da's decision and agreed to Duan Da's decision. The Xiaoguo Army will force the crossing of Laishui tomorrow morning, attack Yicheng fiercely, and threaten Puyinxing to see if it can force the white-haired thieves to withdraw from Jumahe. At the same time, he asked Duan Da for support to ensure that he could withdraw from the battle calmly when an accident occurred.

Duan Da replied to the letter, and tomorrow he was a feinted attack on Jumahe to cooperate with Xiaoguo to cross Laishui.

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