Looking at the cavalry in the distance, constantly attacking zombies, Zhou Lixing couldn't help but admire them.
After surrendering to the palace, using the palace's methods to train his troops, and experiencing several months of actual combat against zombies, Zhou Lixing was very confident in the strength of his subordinates.
So at this moment, he was speaking condescendingly about the imperial army.
Just listen to Zhou Lixing continue to say: "Even so, compared to us...it's still a little worse!"
Qianhu on the side couldn't help but said: "Sir... I am a cavalryman, this is not a good comparison!"
Zhou Lixing turned around and glared, and the latter knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he quickly laughed and said, "Sir, you are talking nonsense because of your humble position!"
Zhou Lixing didn't take this kind of trivial matter to heart, and immediately asked: "In your opinion...how many people are they?"
"This... maybe one thousand to two thousand people!"
This range is very large, and to be honest it has little reference value, but this is not the case in Zhou Lixing's ears.
"That is to say...you also think that there are no more than two thousand people!"
Qianhu nodded and then asked: "What do you mean, sir?"
Zhou Lixing said in a deep voice: "There are two thousand of them, and there are five thousand of us. If we are willing to do calculations but not careful... we may be able to eat them!"
There is no doubt that Qianhu was stunned by this bold idea.
Qianhu reminded carefully: "Sir... we must be cautious about this matter. According to the arrangement of the palace, we should wait for the people from the eighth guard to arrive before we can continue to move forward!"
Zhou Lixing sneered and said, "Don't I know?"
After expressing his attitude, Zhou Lixing calmly analyzed: "Although the palace has a plan, the plan is to eliminate monsters. What we are encountering now is the imperial army!"
"Fighters are fleeting, so we can't stick to plans. Do you understand?"
"I don't understand this... humble position!"
After thinking about it for a while, Qianhu still gave this answer. He still felt that it was not good to go beyond the plan.
"I don't understand. I don't understand shit. If you win the battle...don't you understand everything?"
"How difficult would it be for our five thousand elite soldiers to sneak up here tonight and surround and kill them?"
After Zhou Lixing's words, he had already persuaded the thousands of households to be a little shaken, but he did not say anything after all.
"You guys continue to explore the situation and monitor their movements!"
After giving orders to the scouts, Zhou Lixing left with Qianhu under his command. He wanted to go back and summon his subordinates to discuss the matter together.
Going beyond the plan is strictly speaking against the rules.
But as Zhou Lixing said, the battle situation is always ever-changing, and a general should seize the opportunity to take action at the right time. From this perspective, it is not out of the ordinary.
Therefore, he decided to take the initiative, and he believed that Zhao Yanxun would not blame him.
Zhou Lixing only spent half an hour on the twenty-mile journey, which shows how anxious he was.
Returning to Zhuangzi, Zhou Lixing immediately ordered to summon five thousand households.
At the same time, he also sent someone to report the situation of the encounter with the imperial army and his thoughts on the matter to the Chinese army.
In the room, all five Qianhu under his command were present. Zhou Lixing got straight to the point: "Everyone, the scouts have discovered the imperial cavalry, which is twenty miles away from us. The number of troops cannot exceed two at most!"
"What I mean is, let's go over there at night and eat them in one bite!"
After saying this, Zhou Lixing raised his head and asked, "What do you think?"
The four thousand households who had just learned the news were all surprised at this moment.
Then Qianhu said: "Sir... but the palace has a plan. We should stay here and wait for the people from the eighth guard to arrive!"
Hearing this, Zhou Lixing said angrily: "The plan is to eliminate monsters, but now we are encountering the imperial army, and they are people who can use their brains!"
Seeing that no one answered, Zhou Lixing continued: "You have been fighting monsters for so long that you have forgotten the art of war and how to fight a battle!"
Fighting zombies and fighting the army are two completely different things.
"But...if the prince starts to blame!"
"Your Majesty blamed me!" Zhou Lixing said simply, and then he added: "If we win, will Your Majesty still blame you?"
As long as we win, everything will be easy, and everyone agrees on this.
Zhou Lixing continued: "With five thousand of our elite soldiers, if we sneak up under the cover of night, it won't be difficult to win this battle, right?"
In fact, only Yong's army would treat night attacks as normal.
Without strict military discipline and strong strength, under the current situation surrounded by zombies, sending troops at night is tantamount to seeking death.
But at this moment, everyone remained silent, which made Zhou Lixing furious.
It is indeed not easy for thousands of households to show their subjective initiative now that they are used to following instructions.
"Stop pretending to be dumb and say something to me!" Zhou Lixing scolded.
After a few breaths, Qianhu, who was exploring the road with Zhou Lixing, said: "I listen to you, sir!"
With him taking the lead, another Qianhu said: "I also listen to your Majesty..."
But when we got here, the room became quiet again.
Zhou Lixing turned to one of them and asked, "Huang Qianhu, do you have nothing to say?"
There was no rush to answer. Huang Tianyan thought carefully and said, "Sir, you are right. Suppressing monsters and fighting thief armies are completely different things!"
Although he is only a member of the Qianhu family, compared to others, Huang Tianyan is considered a direct descendant of the royal family, so his words carry a lot of weight.
After he said this, Zhou Lixing breathed a sigh of relief and listened to Huang Tianyan continue.
"But in attacking the bandit army, we have to win to be considered a good thing. The key is to win!"
"Although we have five thousand elite soldiers, they are all infantry after all, and there is no guarantee that we will be safe against cavalry attacks!"
After undergoing training in the martial arts hall, this former bandit leader became fluent in his speech.
But these words sounded like nonsense to Zhou Lixing, so he asked directly: "So what do you mean?"
Huang Tianyan replied: "As a humble opinion, I can ask the tenth guard who is closest to support me, and send a message to the fourth guard to help cover!"
"Good guy, the Northern Route Army has a total of five guard stations. To attack a mere two thousand people, we have to use the men and horses of three guard stations. You are so brave!" Zhou Lixing couldn't help but complain.
Only then did he realize that Huang Tianyan's idea was crazier than his, and that this was really killing a chicken with a knife.
"Okay...I can invite them to come, but if they don't want to come, then there's nothing I can do!"
Each guard station was not subordinate to each other, so Zhou Lixing naturally could not order others.
Huang Tianyan smiled and said: "Sir, I think they are willing to come, after all, this is the first achievement!"
"Otherwise, why would you, sir, be willing to take the blame and insist on fighting this battle!"
Not to mention, Huang Tianyan’s analysis is spot on.
Zhou Lixing rushed to carry out the project in order to gain this first success.
The victory of this Eastern Expedition and Zhao Yanxun's ascension to the throne were common knowledge among the Yong army.
In other words, they will all become the heroes of "the founding of the dynasty".
If you have merit, you will be rewarded. If you want to get more rewards, you have to accumulate more merit.
A victory like this in the first battle will be recorded in the annals of history, so Zhou Lixing was very enthusiastic.
"Okay, I'll do as you wish!"
After saying this, Zhou Lixing glanced at the remaining two Qianhu and asked: "You two...what do you have to say!"
Huang Tianyan expressed his stance, and the two Qianhus were very straightforward and immediately agreed to Zhou Lixing's plan.
As a result, the soldiers of the 11th Guard began preparations for the battle.
All the scouts in the army were dispersed.
The only order they received was to hunt down the imperial scouts to prevent the whereabouts of the Eleventh Guard from being leaked.
