Chapter 83: Will the troops be sent

"It's just that now that the group of wolves are surrounded by wolves, although my Li family has some strength, it's too early to compete for the Central Plains. Our strength is not strong compared to the many surrounding forces. So now we must take down more land and gradually enhance our strength. Now, the Red Eyebrow Legion has already driven to the Yinfeng Ancient Castle with your second uncle. With the 50,000 Yinfeng Ancient Castle garrison led by Xiao Ran and the 30,000 Hanzhou garrison, if Haotian is defeated, we will immediately send troops to recover Hetao. As long as we can firmly control the six states of Hetao in our hands, with the accumulation of our Qinchuan Li family over the past century and the talents of our tribe, who else can my Li family fear south of the river?"

Li Xiaomo was speechless. As a descendant of the Li family, he naturally understood that it was not a matter of one or two days since the Li family had the ambition to achieve the Central Plains. Especially when the former emperor Emperor Shenzong was in power, the Li family's idea was even more prosperous. He himself did not oppose the long-cherished wishes of the elders of this family, but he was unwilling to take the price of the people in the world. That was four million people, and in their bodies, the same blood as himself flowed. In their minds, they also tolerated the same thoughts as themselves. He absolutely could not bear to die tragically under the butcher knife of the alien race!

The night became darker, and Li Xiaomo sat in the bedroom, feeling bleak. However, at this moment, a letter suddenly flew in outside the window. Looking at the familiar handwriting and the words on the letter, Li Xiaomo suddenly felt excited.

When the lights were on, King Li Tieming of Jingxi was preparing to return to Qinchuan Road alone. The war between Hetao and the Three Kingdoms of Northeast China would probably happen soon, so he naturally needed to go to the Yinfeng Castle in person to take charge. The servants of the royal palace also knew that the prince was in a bad mood now, so no one dared to disturb him after Li Xiaomo rested. But no one expected that Li Tieming had just left before Li Xiaomo left. No one knew where he went.

Li Xiaomo quietly came to the agreed secret meeting place, and found that everyone had arrived, and he was the last one. However, everyone didn't say anything, but nodded to each other. One of the women spread out the map and used the dim light of the oil lamp to discuss the action plan together.

"If I guessed correctly, the army of Jingbeihou will definitely cross the Dahe Ferry eastward. In the face of national justice, all the people of China must not sit idly by. But the strength we can concentrate now is limited and we cannot fight against them. I think we should do the best to attack the raid." One of the women said first.

"Our individual soldiers have strong combat capabilities, which is a good idea." A middle-aged man nodded and said.

"It's just that we must be at the right time. If it appears too early, it won't have much effect. If it is too late, it will be useless. The little woman is not a member of the army, so this matter requires you to plan well." Another woman said.

"It might be better, with the prince and the princess here, I believe there will be no mistake in the timing. Someone is worried that although we are secret now, I heard that the coach of the Three Kingdoms of Northeast China has dominated the battlefield for decades. While preparing for the Battle of Jinzhou, he will definitely not relax his intelligence surveillance on my side of Qingfeng. If this matter is leaked, then it will definitely be a sheep entering the tiger's mouth." A young man frowned and said.

Li Xiaomo nodded: "This is a problem. It seems that the first thing we need to do is to conceal our traces by any means. Another question is how will we raid at that time?"

"I have a problem with this. I wonder what you think?" Another woman said softly, and then everyone nodded after hearing her words.

"Since that's the case, let's stop here today. Let's do this, you'd better go back and rest first, and never let the people around you see something strange." The second woman who spoke in a low voice said, waved her hand to put out the oil lamp, and saw a swaying black shadow. When the oil lamp ignited again, the entire hut was already empty.

After another day and night, Lin Taiyue, who was thin, finally arrived in Anzhou, Hetao in the shortest time. As the river crossing was about to reach, almost all the high-level officials in Hetao had gathered in Anzhou, and the ones who followed them were the vast majority of the soldiers in the six prefectures of Hetao.

"Lord, my subordinates are incompetent and cannot do their best to the more than 4 million people who are besieged. Please punish me!" As soon as I saw Haotian, Lin Taiyue knelt down and said with a cry of wretched voice.

"Sir, please come." Haotian quickly helped the haggard old man up. Although Lin Taiyue did come to Hetao to work because of the letter, this did not affect his loyalty to the people of Hetao and Haotian.

"Lord, the court insisted on refusing to send troops. Although the subordinates begged hard, the court ministers ignored it. In the end, they only agreed to let the commander of the Jiaolong Legion, He Huairen's army lead 10,000 naval troops to help." Lin Taiyue said with a sad and angry look: "Not only that, the Song and Li families also proposed to send troops to defend the western part of Hetao, with the intention of injuring me Hetao!"

Haotian's face turned red. In fact, he had no hope that the court could give him much help. After arriving at Tiandu Shengjing, Haotian had already knew the faces of the ministers and the three major families. However, he insisted that the court would definitely send the 50,000 naval troops he needed most. There was no naval troops at all. If he had the 50,000 naval troops to help him, he could increase by 20% at least. However, what he did not expect was that the court would not even satisfy this wish. The material resources of Hetao were only three or four hundred.

A small boat is only a maximum of six or seven thousand people. Although the river is not in the water season, it is still a mile wide. Moreover, due to the urgent time and limited military strength in Hetao, it can only be built at most four floating bridges. The bridgehead positions of the four floating bridges are also the largest range that Bian Chongxing and Haotian and others can stick to. In this way, the originally planned day and night will definitely be delayed. Who knows what the Hetao army will pay in the extra time?

"Lord, are we still going to cross the river?" The question was Chen Han, the newly recruited marching chief of Haotian, a scholar who was quite famous in the six prefectures of Hetao. However, although this man is quite capable, his thoughts are a bit rigid and a typical loyal member of the royal family. Fortunately, Haotian is also loyal to the royal family and is not particular about the details, so he gets along well with the newly promoted marching chief of the army. However, his words were also asked about the point. Now, only three or four hundred small boats, plus He Huairen's upcoming 50 warships and about one hundred transport ships, it would be difficult to transport more than 200,000 troops to the east bank of the river without half a day. If one side cannot effectively control the bridgehead position, building a floating bridge will become empty talk.

"Fer! Why not! We have been preparing for so many days. Could it be that we will stop for this reason? Don't forget that in Jinzhou City, there are more than 4 million fellow villagers and tens of thousands of brothers in the army!" Haotian raised his eyebrows and slapped the table viciously and shouted. Everything is ready, but the east wind is not there, but even if there is no east wind, he will fight to the death! He turned his head and looked at the military and political departments around him, but found that their faces were equally firm.

"But." Chen Han hesitated for a moment and said.

"No, but!" Haotian said mercilessly: "Don't make any excuses! Crossing the river is imperative. What we need to do now is to prepare all the conditions for crossing the river east!"

Haotian Tiger Eye Garden stared around him, looked around the generals around him, and then looked at Dugu Yuming and Bian Chongxing beside him: "Two generals, we can only cross the river for the first time at most ten thousand people. Although the enemy will never attack us at this time, we must make the worst plans. These 10,000 soldiers must firmly control the bridgehead position and provide a safe environment for the crossing of the large army behind him. In my Hetao, General Bian is best at defense, Dugu, you are best at infantry attacking. Today, someone will hand over this important task to you. I wonder if you can accept it?"

"The last general will receive the order!" The two of them shouted in unison without hesitation.

"Situ Lie!" Haotian shouted in a deep voice.

"The last one will be here!" Situ Liele said.

Haotian looked carefully at the young man in front of him. This brother who was promoted by God in southern Dingzhou for his outstanding performance and had great achievements in the subsequent war. After a long time, he said: "Around Jinzhou, at least 500,000 troops from the three northeastern countries have gathered. In order to save those fellow villagers, we must concentrate every bit of strength we can have. I will take away 30,000 troops from Shizhou, including 10,000 cavalry that you have worked hard to train. Do you understand?"

"I understand!" Situ Lie replied loudly. If the Hetao army crossed the river east, the nomadic peoples in the northwest would inevitably lead to injury. However, although Hetao is large, the only ones that are really suitable for large groups of people to cross the river are Fengling Ferry in Shizhou and Hukou Ferry in Anzhou. No one knows how many troops the nomadic people will dispatch, but with a 20,000 army to defend the river defense line of Shizhou for a hundred miles, it is conceivable how difficult it is.

"What do you understand?" Haotian asked in a stern manner.

"Even if the entire army is wiped out, the last general will drag the enemy to death at Fengling Ferry!"

"Okay!" Haotian nodded heavily, then turned his head and said to Li Xiao, the commander of the Dingzhou City Defense Forces, and said: "Li Xiao, in your direction of Dingzhou, I can only leave you 20,000 soldiers, none of them cavalry. The mountains in the west of Hetao are undulating. The river valley is deep and water is urgent, so your task is relatively easy. But your defense line is also the longest, and Dingzhou and Jizhou are within your defense range."

Li Xiao hesitated for a while: "What should I do in Dingzhou City? The Song and Li families have hoarded heavy troops in the Yinfeng Mountains?"

"Dingzhou doesn't have to worry about him. Even if they keep all the 50,000 troops, if they deliberately go north, you can't stop them. It's better to concentrate troops to ensure the integrity of the Dahe defense line. Although the Song and Li families are also heartless, they are all people of my Shenzhou after all. If they occupy Dingzhou, they will plunder some gold, silver and treasures at most. However, if the Dahe defense line collapses, the Hetao will definitely repeat the tragedy of that year again." Haotian said coldly.

"What if they massacre in Dingzhou City?" Li Xiao asked worriedly.

"If that's true, if I, Haotian, survived from Jinzhou, I, would definitely destroy them!"

On the morning of March 29, Haotian and his party arrived at the Hukou Ferry in the eastern part of Anzhou. Twenty miles away opposite was Jinzhou, Taihang Road, which was besieged by the 500,000 coalition forces of the Three Kingdoms in the northeast. There were more than four million people from the 16 prefectures of Youyun and 60,000 Hetao cavalry.

"Marty, are you ready?" He Huairen, the commander of the Jiaolong Legion, stepped forward and asked. Behind him were more than a hundred transport ships loaded with soldiers and three or four hundred large and small ships. His fifty warships had already arrived at the east bank of the river, preparing to provide long-range attacks for Haotian's bridgehead troops.

This was not the first time He Huairen and Haotian met. When He Huairen was ordered by the Emperor of He Lieutenant to go to Hetao to give marriage, the two had a long contact. He Huairen was also particularly impressed by Haotian's loyalty and passionate blood. Haotian also admired He Huairen and his son's achievements in water battles. He Huairen even joked that day, he planned to let his son He Bugui be under Haotian's command to hone his skills. However, this was the first cooperation between He Huairen and Hetao, and he was very strong, so He Huairen himself did not dare to neglect it.

Haotian turned around and looked at the dark army behind him, looking at these young lives, and suddenly felt sad. After this battle, I wonder how many soldiers would sleep on this land. This may be the last time he saw their sincere and resolute expressions in his life.

He slowly pulled out the broken moon knife from his waist and pointed at the sky slantedly. Haotian then said loudly: "Brothers, in front of you, there are more than 4 million of your fellow villagers, who are waiting for your rescue! I just say, you are the children of the people in China and the people raise you. What should you do, please do it yourself!"

More than 200,000 troops were silent, and no one spoke. After a long time, they just slowly raised the weapons in their hands like Haotian, without any words, but everyone understood the indestructible belief in their silent movements. At this moment, they truly became an invincible army. Because their army already had their own beliefs, their own thoughts, and their own military spirit! This strong spirit supports them to face countless unpredictable disasters and difficulties, and even if they sacrifice their lives, they will do whatever they want!

"Let's go!" Haotian's Moon Breaking Knife waved, and with his silence, hundreds of boats of all sizes were paddling together, and then headed towards the opposite shore like a dragon. The Northeast Three Kingdoms Alliance on the other shore slowly began to retreat, forming an open area of ​​two miles wide and about one mile deep on the east bank of Hukou Ferry.

Lin Taiyue stood beside Haotian, looking at the strange behavior of the Northeast Three Kingdoms, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Lord, why didn't they hit halfway while we cross the river? If that's true, we will definitely suffer heavy losses."
Chapter completed!