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Chapter 15 Darkness under the Lights

In the evening, a large number of cavalry were gathering in the wilderness. Xiao Si, the prince of Poyang, with a tired face, and the generals with a tired face gathered together to discuss matters.

The 'speaker' is the Poyang Inner Historian and the Xinping Hou Li Li.

At this time, he drew simple schematic diagrams on the flat ground with branches in the bonfire, explaining the situation of the target to the generals.

"The main force of the enemy's army heading south is about one day away from Pengcheng, which is about thirty miles north of Pengcheng, and is stationed on the west bank of Sishui."

"The enemy camp was camped along Sishui, heading north and south, with about ten miles from the beginning and tail, and its troops were about 30,000 to 40,000."

"Of course, this should include the young and strong army, and there are many pack horses and baggage camps, which are in the second half of the camp."

"The water level of Si Shui is shallow, and you can cross the river by riding a horse, but there is a slight freezing on the river surface. The Qi army's rangers are probably scattered in a radius of more than ten miles."

"According to the exploration of the Marquis of Gui (scout), the enemy's central army was banned..."

Li Li paused, took a deep breath, and recited: "General of the Cavalry, Kaifu Yitong Sansi, Sizhou Governor, and Qinghe County Prince."

"The Prince of Qinghe, namely Gao Yue, a clan of Gao Qi, is the uncle of the current Qi lord."

When the generals heard this, they looked happy: What a big fish!

Li Li continued: "A few years ago, the king's army attacked Pengcheng in the north. At that time, the opponent was the Eastern Wei. The Eastern Wei went to reinforcements in the south, and Gao Yue also led his troops to join the war."

"Gao Yue participated in the Battle of Hanshan and later surrounded Yingchuan."

"So, this person is very suitable for the leader to lead the south to reinforce Pengcheng, and Qi's reinforcements are now one day away from Pengcheng, which is the time to be lazy."

Li Li brought a lamp and placed it on the ground: "Our army marched north and arrived in Luliang. For the Qi army in Pengcheng, attention is..."

"It's the place where the lights illuminate, but it's mainly around Pengcheng and the south."

After Li Li finished speaking, he moved the lamp back (north).

"But they also inadvertently relaxed, that is..." Li Li pointed to a small circle of darkness under the light. "The current location of the lamp base is Gao Yue's army camp, and the dark shadow under the light is where he doesn't pay much attention to."

"Reinforcements are about to arrive in Pengcheng. For the Pengcheng defenders, you need to pay attention to the south, and for the reinforcements, you need to pay attention to the south of Pengcheng."

"At this time, our cavalry went around to the north of Gaoyue's army... and made a fatal blow!"

Li Li pushed the lamp down, the oil and wick fell to the ground, the whole wick began to burn, and the fire illuminated everyone's eyes.

Xiao Si, who was still 'burly', had his eyes burning as well. He looked at the young faces in front of him and said loudly: "The victory or defeat is here, do you have any confidence?!"

"have!"

The young generals replied loudly that a heart that made achievements had begun to become hot.

"Okay, now, I'm going to arrange all the workers."

Xiao Si also used branches to divide the attack areas of each army in the schematic diagram on the ground.

This time, the Sheep Fly, who took the team to fight, looked at the diagram on the ground, and then looked at Li Li, who was calm and calm, and felt his heart beating faster.

Their current location is not far from the enemy camp. In the early morning of tomorrow, the winner will be decided.

Just like Li Li's plan, after the official army recovered Wuzhou, Qi would inevitably send a large army south to reinforce Pengcheng.

Regardless of whether your side intends to attack Pengcheng or not, Qi's soldiers are numerous and powerful, and they will definitely rush towards Wuzhou. Since a war is inevitable, it is better to take the initiative to attack.

Take offense instead of defense.

Taking advantage of the time when Qi reinforcements were about to arrive in Pengcheng and were on guard, our side concentrated most of the cavalry to launch a surprise attack on Qi reinforcements and annihilate them.

In this way, the enemy's offensive collapsed, and the recovered prefectures and counties such as Wuzhou had enough time to consolidate and increase troops to defend themselves, so that Qi would retreat in the face of difficulties.

Such a plan is very bold. The key to success is whether it can detect the correct movements of Qi reinforcements in a timely manner without attracting the other party's attention.

Now, Li Li has done it, right?

Sheep and Fly are not very sure. To be honest, if someone else says that, he will not believe it.

Because the Qi army has many cavalry, a large number of scouts must be scattered around when marching, so it is difficult for our own scouts to approach the main force of the enemy and to investigate without being noticed by the other party.

But Li Li said that she had done it. Sheep and Feng didn't know how the other party did it, but thought that Li Li would not lie.

Of course, this person won't lie. This person captured Hou Jing, King Yueyang, King Hedong alive, recovered Nanchang, and captured Yang Zhong, the general of Wei State alive!

When Yang Feng thought of this, he looked at Li Li with admiration.

Back then, he went to war with his father Yang Kan and met Li Li in Hanshanyan. At that time, Li Li was just a small supervisor in Shaofu Temple.

Five years have passed, Li Li has made many great contributions, and is now the Inner Historian of Poyang and the Marquis of Xinping. In contrast, Yang Feng himself has been "mediocre" over the years.

He was unwilling to give up and wanted to make achievements, but he had no chance.

Now, Li Li strongly advocates concentrating cavalry to attack the Qi army. Xiao Si, the prince of Poyang who went to the army to fight, agreed and personally urged the lieutenant general to lead the cavalry to participate in the war.

Seeing that the opportunity was right in front of her, she took her own team to join the war.

The surprise attack was led by Prince Poyang, based on the enemy situation explored by Li Li, and the generals who were determined to make achievements took out all the secret forces and gathered more than 5,000 cavalrymen.

And it is a cavalry with one man and two horses.

This formed a fist and gave the enemy a fatal blow.

The reason why everyone is willing to respond to the mobilization of the Prince of Poyang is actually due to the "face" of Xinping Hou Li Li, and Li Li's "face" is the great military achievements made in the past five years.

Li Li made many outstanding achievements and planned a surprise attack this time, so everyone is willing to believe that Li Li's surprise attack can succeed.

Because at the beginning of the year, Li Li successfully attacked Wuguan Road, not only annihilated the reinforcements of Wei State, but also captured generals, but also blocked Wuguan Road.

There is such a precedent. Not to mention the Sheep and Fur who know Li Li, other generals are quite optimistic about the prospect of this surprise attack.

They might not have attacked themselves, but they asked their nephews who joined the army to help with the precious cavalry at hand, hoping to create another miracle with the "magical Li Li".

Can Li Li create another miracle?

Yang Feng thought it could, and other generals participating in the war also thought it could. The generals present were basically young people and they wanted to make achievements. Now seeing Li Li talk about the enemy situation well, his confidence has increased greatly.

Why can Li Li understand the enemy situation? I don’t know, but everyone thinks that Li Li will not say anything wrong, let alone Li Li participates in the war personally, so he must be sure that he dares to do so.

Xiao Si, the young prince of Poyang, also had great confidence. Li Li's usual performance was unbelievable.

Xiao Si knew that it was because of Li Li's outstanding performance over the past few years that His Majesty finally agreed to the Northern Expedition to recover lost territory, and the tactic of ambushing the reinforcements of Qi was decided before sending troops.

As for the surprise attack on the main general, he was decided from the beginning, Li Li was the deputy general, and Li Li was responsible for detecting the enemy situation and finding the traces of the main force of the enemy.

Xiao Si also has the heart to make achievements, so this surprise attack must be successful.

Amid the discussion, Li Li thought about something, and the military strategy said: For generals, they were not worried about victory, but were first worried about defeat, so they could not be defeated in a hundred battles. Therefore, he was thinking about how to clean up the mess if this surprise attack failed.

This surprise attack was very risky. It can be said that it mobilized all the available cavalry of the Liang army in the Northern Expedition and made a big bet.

In the future, Li Li found a private equity fund, became a trader, and took the Prince of Poyang as the guarantor, and used his brilliant past achievements to fool all customers into "investment".

The so-called "financial" is the cavalry. Li Li wanted to invest the funds in a major project called "Surprising Attack on the Army of Qi" and make every effort.

Once successful, the income of the investor customers will be "extraordinary military achievements". It is very satisfying to be promoted by this.

Moreover, not only was the title commander, but the South China Sea King Xiao Dalin succeeded in making military achievements, but even the generals participating in the war also "make a big shot" and "level soared", which was very happy.

Therefore, once this battle is successful, Li Li's status as a "gold medal agent" and "gold medal trader" can be determined. In the future, there will be a lot of civil and military officials to "support" and "private equity funds".

But what if it fails?

Li Li subconsciously scratched his head.

Victory and defeat are common in military affairs. At worst, you can lose your official position and get your title and spend the rest of your life in Poyang...
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