Datang New Order

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After procrastinating for more than half an hour, the Rong Xun finally got together, and they confessed their crimes to Li Chengzhong in the meeting hall, and then waited for the meeting to be held.

Suppressing his unhappiness, Li Chengzhong briefly described King Liang's actions and the situation on various battlefields, informed them of several countermeasures prepared by the General Staff of the Military Staff, and then asked them what they should do.

"Fight, what else is there to think about." Gao Liu was the first to answer, and Li Chengzhong almost ran away with his casual tone.

"Uh...it's not that simple. The enemy's army is powerful and outnumbered..." Li Chengzhong pondered over his words, thinking about how to let these old guys understand how dangerous the situation has become.

"Do you want to fight?" Wang Jingrou asked.

"Yes……"

"Then it's done. What's the point?" Wang Jingrou looked at Li Chengzhong with contempt.

"The key is that the enemy has 50 troops, and it is a coalition of princes. How should we fight, where should we fight, should we retreat to fight or let go to fight? These strategies need to be carefully considered! Our strength is too small, and it is impossible to fight casually. Pull it over and beat it!" Li Chengzhong was furious.

Zhao Yuande burst out with a foul language: "I'm afraid! It's not that we Lulong have never been beaten. Let's talk about the ones who are close first. The surnamed Zhu pulled the coalition forces of Weibo, Chengde, and Yiwu to bully us. We can't survive it." Is it? Let’s talk about the distance, when the imperial court summoned allied forces from various towns to attack Hebei, what happened? Is it all right?”

Gao Liu said: "Old Zhao is right. In fact, His Royal Highness Yan Wang has already made a decision on how to fight. Even if this weak woman is not worried, what is His Highness worried about? Our Lu Long is much stronger than before. , I was not afraid in the past, and I am even less afraid today. If you want money, everyone pays. If you want food, everyone pays food. If you want soldiers, go to recruit soldiers. Let's fight with the surname Zhu and see what he can do to us Lulong! "

Hearing Gao Liu's self-proclaimed "weak woman", Li Chengzhong sweated wildly, and wanted to say something more, but when Li Juncao appeared, he said indifferently: "Your Highness, why did you come back here for such a trivial matter? It's just a war. Our Lu Long After fighting for hundreds of years, I really don't know what to do if I don't fight... If His Highness wants to, I can go to the army to serve, and see how powerful Zhu's son is! Or, let's discuss here today? I haven't finished killing Old Wangqi yet."

Wang Jingrou sarcastically said: "Old Li, don't you admit it? You lost to a certain three rounds..."

Another person agreed: "That's right, the fish hasn't taken the bait yet, it's a bad day today..."

"It's gone, it's gone..."

Gao Liushi asked with a smile: "Your Highness, I haven't finished performing the old song yet, would you like to listen to it, Your Highness?"

Without waiting for Li Chengzhong to speak, these old fellows went out of the hall individually, leaving Li Chengzhong stunned alone in the hall.Muttering to himself: "Is this a disrespect before the emperor? Or is it disrespectful?..."

The Rong Xun suddenly dispersed, and gathered in a gazebo again. Everyone was talking about today's affairs.Han Mengyin asked: "Everyone, we have really exceeded the etiquette today, will His Highness blame you?"

Gao Liu said: "Don't worry, I have been dealing with His Highness for so many years. Your Highness is the most easy-going military leader I have ever met, so I won't blame you."

Yuan Congbo asked: "Is it feasible for us to do this?"

Zhao Yuande laughed: "What your Highness lacks is confidence. In fact, there are many capable people in the General Staff of the Military Staff, so we don't need to worry about it. Besides, a certain Dalang now has tens of thousands of cavalry troops under his command, which is more powerful than the hegemony of the day. Riding is even better, with him around, the discipline in Hebei is as stable as ever."

Li Juncao glared: "The cavalry is amazing? With only cavalry and no infantry, how do you fight this battle? Chengyue, this kid is about to go to the party soon. Oh, I don't know if he can do it?" These words were purely against Zhao Yuande. , Li Chengyue was about to be ordered to be transferred to the Shangdang, but Zhao Ba had requested many times, but still did not receive the military order to go to the battlefield.

Everyone was talking about neutral, what is Li Chengzhong doing?He was humming a ditty at the moment, and briskly stepped out of the Academy of Honor.

He suddenly figured it out, these old guys are not afraid, what are we afraid of?If you say a thousand things and ten thousand things, isn't that a war?

With the confidence to start fighting, Li Chengzhong's mind suddenly became much clearer, and many seemingly uncertain ideas were answered in an instant.He decided to combine various opinions and adopt a compromise plan to achieve both offense and defense, that is, to concentrate his forces on Shangdang to fight the enemy decisively, and at the same time ensure the stability of the three Xingkou of Taihang.If the decisive battle is won, everything is easy to say, if the decisive battle is unfavorable, at least the danger of the Taihang must be guaranteed to protect the safety of Hebei.

The haze dissipated, Li Chengzhong returned to Handan, and the war machine of the Military General Staff Administration, which had a strong modern atmosphere, began to operate at full capacity.

Negotiated secretly with Wang Shifan, revoked the Bochang camp, and transferred all the troops under his command to the north.

The Yellow River Navy was formed to closely guard the south bank of the river to prevent the enemy from crossing the river.

Expand the logistics battalion under the logistics department, and expand the logistics battalion from the original ten to twenty in one fell swoop.

The Youyan Security Army and the Liaodong Security Army were mobilized in advance to enter the Shangdang. These two armies were defined by Li Chengzhong as "quick response forces + mercenaries" for later generations. They were used very smoothly. The deadline given to them by the General Staff of the Military Staff was early May. You must enter the Shangdang, and the task is to control Xiangyuan and Licheng north of Luzhou and ensure the safety of the northern part of Fukouxing.

In the direction of Xiangwei, continue to maintain the "close friendship" with Yuan Xiangxian, and understand and inquire about the overall strategy of the princes' coalition forces through the Xiangwei channel controlled by Yuan Xiangxian.Of course, what the General Staff Office most hoped to happen was to lure Liang Jun to cross the river and attack Hebei from the Xiangwei Passage. Unfortunately, Liang Wang is not a fool, so this possibility is not too great.

In mid-May, when the combined forces of Sishuiguan princes reached 40, Handan temporarily mobilized the second batch of troops to enter Shangdang.The remaining troops on the left and right sides of the Weizhou Army include five sword and gun battalions, three bow and arrow battalions, two cavalry battalions and regiments directly under the army headquarters, the entire left side of the Weizhou Army and two spear battalions, one sword and shield battalion, and one bow and arrow regiment on the right side , with a total strength of 300 troops.

So far, the strength of Lu Long's army assembled in the Shangdang area has reached 8000.

In late May, Handan temporarily issued a military order to take Dingzhou Army as the main force to take over Jingxing and Feihuxing, and strictly guard the North Hebei Road passage.At the same time, the Cangzhou Army was transferred to the west and stationed in Fukouxing; the Zhaozhou Army and the logistics battalion were transferred to the south and stationed in Handan; the Guizhou Army was transferred to the south and stationed in Fuyang; the Youzhou Army was transferred to Cheng'an; .

In this way, together with the Mozhou army guarding Liyang, Lu Long's army has assembled more than [-] soldiers around Handan, and the army in the interior of Hebei has no field troops except for the reserve brigades and battalions in various states and counties.

With the arrival of the hot June, as the first army of the coalition of princes crossed Baixing and entered Zezhou, the temporary presence of Handan immediately started to move.Li Chengzhong announced that Lu Long's army would be changed to Yan's army, and he would move to Shangdang soon, and go to Luzhou with the army.According to Li Chengzhong's request, the Shangdang camp was cancelled, and King Yan of Luzhou took over the war temporarily.

The [-] troops assembled in Fukouxing one after another, passed through Fukou Pass and Dongyang Pass, and arrived in Luzhou City in an endless stream.

Li Dutou, the former Dongyang capital of the Hedong Army, was appointed by Li Xiaoxi to lead the army along the way to enter the pass.For more than a year, Li Dutou followed the Youyan security army, participated in some battles with the Xuanwu army, and saw the strength of Lu Long army with his own eyes.The Shangdang camp once besieged Gaoping, where 6000 Xuanwu troops were stationed, with less than [-] troops, and captured this important fortress in one fell swoop, which greatly stimulated Li Dutou.

Li Dutou originally thought that as long as the soldiers under his command are brave and good at strategy, they will surely win the battle.However, more than a year of combat experience has shown that the previous cognition has undergone subversive changes, and the conditions for victory that were thought to be in the past now seem unreliable at all.

Li Dutou once witnessed with his own eyes that relying on huge and numerous defensive equipment, Lu Longjun took down the Shangdongshan Military Village almost without bloodshed; The end of the enemy was announced by flat push; the solid Gaoping city wall collapsed with a bang, and Li Dutou still doesn't understand what happened at that time...

For more than a year, what Li Dutou has been in contact with the most is the transportation and distribution of luggage, the strictness and orderliness of military orders, the planning and arrangement of plans, and the strictness and diligence of training.

Li Dutou was deeply fascinated by this kind of military system, which is a smooth-running army without a military leader, and an army that does not rely on bravery but has won many battles.And I finally became a member of this army.

"Come, come!" The subordinate shouted beside him.

There was no need for his subordinates to remind him, Li Dutou had already seen the sergeants of the brigade driving out from the end of the mountain road at the bottom of the valley.He hurriedly led his subordinates down from Dongyang Pass and greeted them out.

Unlike the Hedong army, Li Dutou's greeting was not a real one. All the guiding work had been done according to Lu Longjun's method. The wooden signs had been placed at various forks, the drinking water points had already been prepared, and the camping sites were also early. After it was established, Li Dutou just wanted to take a closer look at the friendly army he had just joined.

The sergeants walked past Li Dutou and his subordinates in neat steps. They didn't stop, but just looked curiously at Li Dutou at the edge of Guancheng, and then strode over.

The sound of footsteps almost at the same point played a thunderous solemnity. Although Li Dutou and his subordinates had seen it many times, this time it was still shocking.Then came the endless cart, full of all kinds of combat supplies, dazzled the eyes of Li Du and his subordinates.

"This is the first-class main force in the army that General Li said. Tsk tsk, the Cangzhou Army looks more majestic than those camp leaders."

"God, how many people are here, why is it not over yet?"

"Morning, it was the flag of the left wing just now, no, the right wing is coming..."

"Look at this war horse, how fat it is!"

"Why are there so many cavalry in the Cangzhou army?"

"Look, the knife on the cart, is this a Mo knife?"

Amidst the discussions among his subordinates, Li Dutou, who had been worried about the strength of the enemy army, gradually let go of his doubts. He suddenly felt that his choice should not be a mistake. (To be continued..)