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Luzhou, formerly the Prince's Mansion of Linzi, is now the Yamen in charge of the horse infantry army inside and outside Fanhan, east of Hedong.
Taibao, Li Siyuan, the general manager of Fanhan's internal and external horse infantry, is in the first place, and is listening to the report of An Zhongjie, the general who rushed across Duya. An Zhongjie has followed Li Siyuan in the army since he was a child, and has won Li Siyuan's trust. Now he commands the most courageous of the Fanhan internal and external horse infantry.
Hengchongdu is Li Siyuan's Yajun confidant.
For Li Siyuan, he was very reluctant to let Lu Longjun enter Hedong from Fukouxing. What's more, the fighting area was still in his fiefdom of Luzhou. The resistance in his heart was self-evident. Fighting against Xuanwu, Li Siyuan did not
Any opinion, Hedong and Xuanwu have been unrelenting enemies for more than ten years. Unless one side is completely conquered, Li Siyuan can't see any second way out. But, letting Lu Long's army enter... Does the King of Jin not trust his own ability?
Therefore, Li Siyuan was more resistant to the arrival of the Lu Long Army than supportive. He asked his confidant An Chongjie to personally lead the Lu Long Army, for the purpose of vigilance and prevention, and at the same time, he wanted to learn more about the inside story of this adjacent army.
"The first one to enter Luzhou was the Youyan Security Army. Their commander was named Li Xiaoxi, and their strength was about 1,500 people. Li Xiaoxi's past experience is unknown. He should have attached himself to the King of Yan around the first year of Tianfu. Some speculated
, he should have been Liu Shouguang's general before. This person did not have any impressive achievements, but he was able to command an entire army, which may have something to do with his family background. I heard that the massacre of the city in Weizhou was related to him, but what role did this person play in it?
It's hard to say what it does.
This is the first time we have seen the Lulong Army. It is similar to the understanding of the Jiedu Prefecture in the past. Although the combat strength is unclear, the equipment and supplies are quite luxurious. The army of 1,500 people is equipped with hundreds of large aircraft.
The cart...the baggage and grain piled on the cart..." An Zhongjie paused and looked up at Li Siyuan. He explained helplessly: "These baggage and grain, if they were in our Hedong Army, would be enough to support five thousand men fighting for three months.
...This is still the baggage carried by the army. It is reported that two groups of Lulong caravans have passed Fukouxing and are rushing to Shihou Fort..."
Li Siyuan remained calm and nodded slightly, while Li Congke and Ren Wan, who were participating in the discussion in the hall, took a deep breath of cold air.
Among them, Ren Wan is the head of Li Siyuan's assistants. Now he is serving as the observation envoy of Luzhou. He is particularly sensitive to the issue of food and fodder. He immediately interjected: "I have long heard Zhang Jianjun and Guo Dianye talk about the wealth of Hebei, but
But I didn't expect it to be so luxurious. Hebei is indeed richer than our Hedong, and it has been so for ancient times, but I remember that in the first year of Qianning, we accompanied His Highness the King of Jin on an expedition to Hebei - Asan was still young at the time, so maybe he didn't know very well.
The first time was to help Liu Rengong seize the throne - he invaded Youzhou at that time. In fact, the wealth of Hebei was not surprising. It might be much better than us, but it would not be like this... Someone heard Zhang Jianjun say that the Lu Long Army did not divide the battle.
Soldiers assist soldiers, everyone is equipped with armor, and meat is often eaten three meals a day..."
"Ah San" is Li Siyuan's adopted son Li Congke. Because the small character is twenty-three, he is affectionately called "Ah San" in the army. Li Congke has a majestic figure and is famous for his bravery in the Hedong Army. He is also known as "Little Yazi"
.But in fact, he is the same age as "Yazi General" Li Cunxu. He is now Li Siyuan's general who is trying to catch him. Among the cavalry infantry inside and outside Fanhan, there is a faint intention of being cultivated by Li Siyuan to succeed him in the future.
Li Congke listened to Ren Wan's words. Being taciturn, he couldn't help but question: "Three meals a day, often eating meat? Isn't it possible? The Xuanwu Army is not so generous. A certain Xuanwu Army captain who was captured alive last year said that only Liang
Only when the king personally visits the hall and Yuan Cong's army can he be treated like this."
An Zhongjie immediately picked up the topic: "It should be true that when a certain person led Li Xiaoxi's troops into Shihou Fort, at least 30% of the trucks were filled with live sheep, live chickens, live ducks, etc., and a certain person even saw them using wheat with his own eyes.
Feed the chickens with bran..."
At this time, even Li Siyuan couldn't help but be moved.
Next, it was discussed that the Lu Long Army was about to enter the Shangdang camp in Hedong. An Zhongji informed Li Siyuan that the route of the Lu Long Army's follow-up army had been finalized and the camp sites along the way had been arranged. Li Siyuan emphasized that every move of the Lu Long Army must be closely monitored.
Ensure the safety of Luzhou.
An Chongjie asked again, Zhao Yuanping, the general manager of the Shangdang Camp of Lulong Army, and Army Supervisor and Sima Omari were expected to arrive at Shihoubao in five days. Will Li Siyuan come forward to meet them?
Li Siyuan shook his head and said: "Let's go now. Each of our combat strategies has been decided in advance. The liaison between the two armies is under the supervision of Ren. There is no need to see them at this time. After they have really made achievements, I will do it again."
It's not too late to meet him." After all, Li Siyuan still looked down on Lu Longjun.
According to Li Siyuan's deployment, the Lulong Army's Shangdang camp was located at Shihou Fort, north of Danzhu Ridge, and the Hedong Army was stationed at Huguan, fifteen miles east of Shihoubao. The guard stationed at Huguan was An Chonghui. Li Siyuan warned
An Zhongjie told him not to lower the morale of Hedong during the battle, especially not to let the Lulong Army underestimate him. An Zhongjie boldly agreed.
Before leaving, An Zhongjie hesitated for a moment and reported something to Li Siyuan.
"General Manager, I met Qilang when I was escorting the Youyan Security Army. He said that the Lulong Army did not bring any civilians, so he sent troops to transport their supplies..."
Li Siyuan thought for a moment and said slowly: "It seems that Qi Lang went to Lu Long's army to eat..."
Li Congke stood up suddenly and said angrily: "How can Seventh Brother do this? How can a dignified Hedong Army do such lowly chores for others? Doesn't this make people look down on us in Hedong? Don't worry, sir, I will recruit him back right now!"
Li Siyuan sighed and stretched out his hand to stop Li Congke: "Ah San, I don't blame your seventh brother, they must be very hungry..."
Ren Wan took Li Congke's arm, pulled him back to the embroidered pier, and explained: "Since the year before last, the rations of each army have been reduced by half. It was not until last year that our rations gradually recovered, but only Fan Han recovered.
The army and the garrison in each pass town are still halved in supply. Dongyang Pass faces Hebei, which is not the most important place. The reduction is particularly serious. After all, they have been hungry for two years..."
Li Siyuan sighed: "It's a shame for Qilang and the others... But our land output in Luzhou should increase this spring. In addition, Zhang Jianjun said that the grain allocated to us by the Jiedu government this year will increase by 30%... Let Qilang and the others go and have a meal."
After a while, when our situation improves, we will let him come back."
While the General Manager of the Fanhan Horse Infantry Army was discussing matters at the Yamen, Li Xiaoxi was leading the Youzhou Brigade to renovate Shihou Fort. Shihou Fort has been one of the chokepoints in the Shangdang Basin since ancient times. Together with Huguan on the east side, it guarded the north to Jinyang on the left and right sides.
Passage, so the Hedong Army has always stationed troops here.
During the Warring States Period, the Battle of Changping between Qin and Zhao affected the world situation. Although the battle took place in Changping, twenty miles south of Shihou Fort, the Zhao army's camp was built in Shihou Fort, and veteran general Lian Po relied on Shihou Fort.
The perfect fortifications withstood the Qin army for three years.
After taking over Shihou Fort, Li Xiaoxi did not make any changes to the fort. The Youzhou Brigade Headquarters was not good at building fortifications. This expertise belonged to the Logistics Department's Logistics Battalion. This time, the Logistics Department also transferred three logistics personnel to the formation of the Party Camp.
Everyone joined, so Li Xiaoxi could just wait for the logistics to arrive, and all they did was just clean up.
Of course, now Li Xiaoxi directly left this job to Li Dutou of Dongyang Pass, and the sergeants of the Youzhou Brigade spent a wonderful night in a carefree manner.
Stimulated by the full cavalry deployment of Zhao Zaili of the Liaodong Security Army, Li Xiaoxi had now spent more than 200 horses on the Youzhou Brigade and formed a 200-horse cavalry battalion, so he sent the cavalry southward.
Investigate the enemy situation of Xuanwu Army south of Danzhu Mountain.
Whether you are heading south from Luzhou to Zezhou or north from Zezhou to Luzhou, you must bypass Danzhu Ridge. Either take the west side of Danzhu Ridge or take the east side of Danzhu Ridge. This passage on the west side is the battle of ancient Changping
On the battlefield, when Zhao Kuo led his army out of the Shihou Fort and went south, they were surrounded by Bai Qi here; the east passage was guarded by Huguan, and to the south was Yin City. Currently, Yin City is controlled by Xuanwu.
Li Xiaoxi's cavalry scouts mainly explored the enemy situation in the Changping Passage on the west side. According to the requirements of the General Administration of Military Staff for the recruitment of sergeants from the former Youyan Security Company and the current Youyan Security Army, all officers above Li Xiaoxi's department have received white training.
Training at Langshan Military Academy, therefore, the reconnaissance operations of the Youzhou Brigade Scout Cavalry strictly abided by the steps of the Lulong Army's war reconnaissance drill.
These scout cavalry set off in groups of five, with the distance between each group not exceeding one mile, forming a 20-mile wide horizontal reconnaissance screen. After each group of scouts has explored forward for three miles, whether there is any enemy or not, they will
A cavalry must be dispatched to report to the temporary scout headquarters five miles behind, which is always following the advance. The temporary scout headquarters will report battlefield news to the rear camps every half an hour.
Following this type of reconnaissance operation manual can ensure that there is no omission in the entire exploration front. Once there is a late detection report in a certain direction, it will immediately attract the attention of the temporary scout headquarters.
In fact, the scouting curtain this time was in the nature of a report, because the Hedong Army had already told Li Xiaoxi in detail about the enemy situation of the Xuanwu Army ahead after Li Xiaoxi entered Shihou Fort, but what others said was always not as reliable as what he got.
Therefore, the Youzhou Brigade still spent two days to thoroughly explore the Changping Passage. After corroborating the situation reported by the Hedong Army, Li Xiaoxi almost had a very clear understanding of the enemy's situation.
Changping Passage is the ancient Changping battlefield. Its southern end is the original Changping, which was called Gaoping County in the Tang Dynasty. When the scouts of the Youzhou Brigade went north to Dongshan from Gaoping City, they could no longer move forward. A large number of people had gathered here.
Xuanwu Army.
The Youzhou Brigade Cavalry Battalion has just been established and has not received the formal scout training of the Lulong Army. Although according to the training code, the method of action is quite satisfactory, after all, it is still not professional enough in many places. For example, estimating the opponent's troop strength through the opponent's flag, and through
Determine the enemy's logistics direction based on the transportation of baggage, and infer the functions of the enemy's various camps from the frequency of enemy troops entering and exiting the camp...
Of course, Li Xiaoxi didn't ask for that much. He only needed a general situation, and the rest had to wait for the more professional troops to take charge. (To be continued...)