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Li Chengzhong pondered for a long time and had to admit that the old saying (actually a postscript) is still true: military is the continuation of politics, and any military struggle must serve politics.
In terms of military operations alone, it is undoubtedly much better to place the battlefield in Pingzhou City, which is closer to Yuguan and Yingzhou. Not only can it get rid of the battlefield disadvantage of being flanked from three sides to the greatest extent, but it can also play a better role with Yuguan.
Military interaction. But as Feng Dao said, the original request to investigate the cause of the death of the old prince Liu Rengong and call on all parties in Lulong to jointly investigate the real culprit was issued by Yingzhou. Now Liu Shouguang has directly agreed to this request, no matter what he is fighting.
What idea, but if Yingzhou does not face it calmly, but acts timidly, what impression will it have in front of Lulong's armies and states?
Of course, Li Chengzhong and the Yingzhou Army generals may be able to say emphatically that they don't care what the military leaders, big and small, think. With the strength of the Yingzhou Army, they are fully capable of leveling the Lulong Prefectures one by one.
Not to mention that more than half of these military leaders have been wiped out by Liu Shouguang and others. The remaining military leaders do not have enough strength to say no to Yingzhou. They only need to defeat the three remaining military leaders of the Yier Army, Jizhou Soldiers, and Badu Cavalry.
The group and the entire Lulong will no longer be able to resist the Yingzhou Army.
But the human heart is a very strange thing, and the banner of righteousness is also quite mysterious. In this era when warriors are in power, the only basis for maintaining the existence of the Lulong separatist regime is the army, and the cornerstones of the army are large and small.
The martial arts groups. Li Chengzhong’s Yingzhou Army does not allow small groups and hills to appear. This is inconsistent with Lulong’s tradition and conflicts with Lulong’s cornerstone. If you want to control the Lulong states, you must face how to deal with the hills.
This is the big issue of Lulong tradition.
There are still many unfinished meanings in Feng Dao's words. Maybe other generals couldn't hear it, but Li Chengzhong, who has been in power for a long time, heard it quite clearly. If you want to avoid being disturbed by people's hearts, there are only two ways, either to compete for people's hearts or to
Eliminate the hearts of the people. In other words, either win the support of the warriors or eliminate them all from the body. The latter is obviously impossible. Not only is it more difficult from a technical point of view, but it is also a pity that these people have rich combat experience.
If the martial arts and skills of the martial arts group are absorbed and used properly, they will be a great asset to the Lulong Army.
In fact, Feng Dao's focus is also on fighting for the hearts of the people. What he is fighting for is these warriors. But because the Yingzhou Army does not tolerate the existence of Shantou doctrine, the solution he proposed is actually to grab two hands: one hand to grab the righteousness and honor.
, denounced Liu Shouguang's treachery of killing his father with his son, and focused on military strikes, using tough methods to confront the tough forces of the enemy, making these warriors fearful. Then they slowly absorbed and digested them.
The so-called absorption and digestion is also very clear in the ambitious training plan of the Combat Training Department - through recruit training and Bailangshan Military Academy training, these combat-experienced warrior groups will be dismantled and trained to win the day.
At the end of the third year of the next year, we will provide the Yingzhou Army with no less than 10,000 elite soldiers.
To put it bluntly, you, Liu Shouguang, don’t claim to be willing to work with us to investigate the cause of the old prince’s death. That’s good. We are here. We are at the place you designated, and we are not afraid of any danger. You want to use the power of the three armies to attack us. That’s good.
We accept the challenge. Not only do we accept the challenge, we also defeat you openly! In this way, our Yingzhou Army has ascended to the highest stage of the Lulong Army. Who else among you can resist?
Therefore, Feng Dao's suggestions are different from those of Han Yanhui and other military generals. The enemies he considers are not really Liu Shouguang, Zhao Jing or even Zhao Ba. His suggestions are aimed at the large and small martial arts groups in the Lu Long Army.
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Regarding this debate, Li Chengzhong thought more deeply. He not only considered the issue of whether to lead the army to Shicheng based on political needs, but also put aside political factors and talked about military operations alone.
In my heart, I don’t actually feel that it is better to place the battlefield in Pingzhou City than in Shicheng. Han Yanhui’s analysis is more focused on tactics or battlefield perspective. In this sense, Pingzhou City is better than Shicheng, but if
Looking at Lulong as a whole, this is not necessarily the case.
The general stationed his army in Pingzhou City and supported each other with Yuguan. This plan only saw the Pingzhou battlefield itself. Although the Yingzhou army became stronger from a tactical point of view, it was precisely because it looked more difficult to attack that it would
This makes the Youzhou side fearful. Once the Youzhou side feels that they can't crack this bone, will they persist in hoarding heavy troops under Pingzhou City? Will they be inconsistent in their determination to fight and waver?
Li Chengzhong, who had already zoomed in on the entire Lulong strategy, most hoped that these three armies could use all their main forces, especially the Yier Army. Li Chengzhong enthusiastically hoped that Liu Shouguang would bring all of this army to Pingzhou.
If it really goes as he wishes, it means that Youzhou is empty, and the emptiness of Youzhou means the success of the two-way strategy. You know, the Huaiyue coalition forces of Empress Leng have already been assembled in the direction of Guizhou!
Li Chengzhong was also worried that if he failed to create a fat bait, Jizhou soldiers and Badu cavalry might not fully cooperate with Liu Shouguang, especially Jizhou Zhao Jing. If he stationed his main force in a safer place, Zhao Jing would
Jing may not even have the guts to come and wade through this muddy water. Obviously, for Zhao Jing, Shicheng and Pingzhou are completely different. Shicheng is right on Zhao Jing's lips, so it's easier to talk!
Li Chengzhong broke the silence in the lobby. He raised a question - Can the Yingzhou Army be able to deal with the combined attack of the Yi'er Army, Jizhou Army and Badu Cavalry alone? He did not even require that the Yingzhou Army could fight in the main decisive battle.
To win, just delay the war. In Li Chengzhong's heart, the battle that determines the outcome is not in Shicheng, but in Youzhou.
As soon as this issue came up, the Yingzhou generals headed by Zhang Xingzhong understood Li Chengzhong's plan, so they quickly began to calculate the various victory and defeat conditions. Of course, there were still some generals who insisted on placing the battlefield under Pingzhou City.
, but Li Chengzhong was unable to announce the real reason at such a large-scale military meeting. He only gave words of comfort and a rough explanation - the assembly of the Huaiyue coalition forces in the direction of Guizhou was highly confidential, and only Zhang Xingzhong and a few other people knew about it.
Severe silence orders have been issued to several key Yuhous in the Yuhousi who formulated the two-way strategy.
The "Yingzhou Army" Li Chengzhong refers to is the Yingzhou Army after the military reform in the summer and autumn, that is, the Yingzhou Army in a narrow sense, which does not include the Huaiyue Allied Forces or the reserve battalions in each city. The Yingzhou Army includes the left and right sides.
As for Laoying, there are five battalions on the left and right sides, each with a strength of more than 2,600 people. The old camp is the central army, which is a double establishment of five capitals, with more than 1,000 people. The total number of people in the army is more than 6,400. It is the most direct descendant of Li Chengzhong.
, the troops with the best equipment, the most complete training, and the best combat effectiveness.
At the foot of Raole Mountain, the left wing of the Yingzhou Army merged with the old camp, and brought out the Wudu logistics troops, and withstood the siege of 20,000 Khitan soldiers for more than a month. Although there was containment and cooperation from the right wing and the Huaiyue coalition forces on the outside, the battle was still
The power is already considerable.
This time, Li Chengzhong planned to use the Yingzhou Army to support Shicheng's frontal military operations. In the eyes of the Yingzhou Army generals, there was no problem. They believed that the Yingzhou Army was fully capable of competing with the enemy, and even if they could not fight, they would win.
In short, there is no problem in self-protection. Of course, whether it is possible or not, none of the Yingzhou Army generals have actually fought against their own Lulong Army. All considerations and analysis are full of imagination and speculation.
At this point in the military meeting, the general strategy has actually been finalized, and what is left is to perfect and arrange the details. These tasks will be completed by the Yuhou staff of Yuhousi. According to Liu Shouguang's proposed time for the Stone City Conference on the 15th day of the first lunar month,
Yingzhou still has less than twenty days to prepare. Although the time is short, it is not a problem. Yingzhou's war preparations are already quite sufficient.
When the New Year came, Li Chengzhong gave the civil and military personnel of Yingzhou four days of leave - four days of rest, from the 30th day of the New Year to the third day of the first lunar month. He originally wanted to take a few more days off, or even put it on the 15th day of the first lunar month.
But it was a pity that Youzhou did not give Li Chengzhong time, so Li Chengzhong did not dare to give his subordinates time.
On the evening of the 29th of the Lunar New Year, Li Chengzhong gathered the members of the Eastern Council and asked the 48 Eastern Council members to bring their families to participate in the "New Year's Eve Gala" held in his own house, the back house of the Governor's Mansion.
This first "Spring Festival Gala" in Chinese history seemed to Li Chengzhong to be quite unstandardized and very imprecise. The "Spring Festival Gala" venue was a temporary greenhouse on the open space of the back house. It was quite simple and empty, and everything was just to accommodate enough.
Space. Although a two-hour performance was also arranged on the makeshift stage, the program was a bit monotonous, with relatively more dancing and singing, few language programs, and only acrobatic performances including walking through fire rings and swallowing fire.
There were a few "bad street" shows such as sword-playing and nail-board sleeping, but they still attracted the attention of the bosses and family members.
The entire "Spring Festival Gala" was written and directed by Mrs. Wan Zhi, and the girls dedicated by the Bohai State became the main performers. Of course, there were also guest appearances by the rangers from the Zhongnanhai Security Bureau. The guests and their families were eating barbecue and drinking wine in the audience.
, watching the show, laughing with each other, and the atmosphere was very lively.
In order to get rid of the coldness of the severe winter, many stoves and hot pots were burned around the venue, which made it feel warm and cozy.
Among them, there were many singles who secretly made requests to Lady Wanzhi, hoping to get acquainted with a certain Bohai noble lady who was playing or singing on the stage.
But even though it was very simple, Li Chengzhong was very happy. He went out with his four-month-old son in his arms to collect a round of "New Year's money", and then he was poured into the wine by the businessmen who swarmed him.
Xie Li also participated in the "Spring Festival Gala" as a new recruit. After receiving the invitation, he took it very seriously and hurried back to Liucheng from Guizhou. He spent money at all costs and had four new clothes made in a hurry.
, with excitement and gratitude, he took his wife and two children to attend this grand event. Xie Li was also drunk that night, because he finally actually entered the highest level organization of Yingzhou and became a