Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 281 Jiangxia City

Jiangxia is located in the south of Wuchang and north of Xianning. It is a famous historical city. Many stories have happened in history. During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Biao's general Huang Zu guarded here to fight against Soochow.

In history, Jiangxia was originally a big city, but with the gradual rise of Wuchang at the confluence of the Yangtze River and the Han River, Jiangxia has gradually changed from a county seat to a small county town, which has lost its former style.

Li Guo was ordered to take Jiangxia, [-] troops marched outside the city, and saw that the city was very low, with a circumference of only six or seven li, and said to several generals and officials around him, "I am taking this city, it's like picking something out of a bag! Within three days, Jiangxia will be defeated, and the victory will be reported to the Duke."

Since the consecutive victories in Chu, Li Guo and others have gradually regained their confidence. The ordinary green camps are not considered by them at all. He had already obtained information about Jiangxia's defenders. He thought it would take some effort, but seeing Jiangxia City is so simple After that, I suddenly became more confident.

Li Guo was riding on a horse, pointing at Jiangxia City in the distance with his whip, and after he finished speaking proudly, a general behind him shouted, then got off his horse, knelt down on one knee and said: "Master, a certain wish For the front vanguard, to lay down this city for Lord Hou!"

As soon as the general finished speaking, all the generals realized immediately that Jiang Xia was the credit placed in front of them, so they got off their horses one by one, begging for orders: "Master Hou, some people are also willing to be the vanguard and break through Jiangxia City."

Seeing this, Li Guo's morale was good, he looked at the generals under his command, and couldn't help showing a satisfied smile on his face: "General Chen invites first, and the vanguard position will be handed over to General Chen."

"The last general thanked Lord Hou, and he will definitely fulfill his mission!" The general who asked for the order first heard the words, and was immediately overjoyed, while the faces of the other bright generals showed displeasure.

Seeing this, Li Guo smiled, then waved his hands and said: "Okay, the army will set up camp first, and attack the city tomorrow."

"Nuo~" All the generals had to answer after hearing the words.

The 50 Ming troops immediately went to camp outside the city, but Li Guo did not stay in the army. Instead, he took more than [-] knights and circled around Jiangxia City to observe the terrain and the condition of the city walls.

It was night, Li Guo was in the big tent, holding the sketch drawn during the day, thinking about the strategy, he said that he would break the city in three days, so he must understand the weakness of the Qing army.

"Has Master Hou rested?" Just as Li Guo closed his eyes and was thinking, a voice from outside the handsome tent interrupted his thoughts.

"Not yet, it seems to be looking at the sketches of the daytime investigation, does the general want to report to the humble?"

Li Guo listened to the conversation outside the tent, and said helplessly: "Bilong, let him in!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Hearing the words, the guard outside the tent responded quickly, then raised the curtain and let a group of young generals in.

It was Li Laiheng who came here. Both of his parents died in his early years, and he followed the peasant army to fight everywhere. Li Guo adopted him as his foster son. As soon as he entered the account, he complained directly: "Father, this attack on Jiangxia is a great achievement. If you don't give it That's all for the baby, how can I give it to Chen Youlong? He is from He Tengjiao!"

Seeing this, Li Guo smiled slightly, "You didn't ask directly during the day, and you came here at night, it seems that you have made some progress! Now I really admire the Duke of the country, who has the foresight to let all the lieutenant generals learn to read and write, but it is a waste of time." After getting rid of your violent temper, the whole person has calmed down a lot."

Li Laiheng listened to Li Guo's words of praise, scratched his head, and said embarrassedly: "Is there any?"

Seeing this, Li Guo nodded slightly, gave him some affirmation, and then said: "Since you came to ask tonight, the other generals must also be aggrieved. ,Is it right?"

Li Laiheng was even more embarrassed when he heard this, Li Guo knew from his appearance that it must be the generals in the army who were not convinced and did not dare to ask him, so he instigated Li Laiheng to come.

Li Guo saw that Li Laiheng was a little nervous, so he immediately said: "You don't need to explain, I will tell you now, and you will tell the generals after you have heard it, so that they can understand my intentions, do you understand?"

"Yes~" Li Laiheng was speechless, and immediately responded with clasped fists, "My child knows!"

Seeing this, Li Guo nodded, motioned him to sit down, and then said: "He Tengjiao has repeatedly hindered the Duke's actions and robbed us of the merits of the five loyal troops. He also excluded us in every way before. The soldiers in the army have resentment towards him, and they are very angry It's normal, but He Tengjiao is He Tengjiao, so there's no need for his soldiers to hate together."

Li Guo paused slightly, and continued: "The Duke's military law is strict, and there are regulations in the army that the generals are not allowed to recruit troops privately. Our army suffered a lot of losses after several battles. Now there are [-] soldiers in addition to Dingguo Marquis guarding Xiangyang. In addition to soldiers and horses, Zhongzheng, Zhongwu, and Supervising Standards are not enough. How to make up for these vacancies has always been a matter of distress to the Duke.”

"Father is someone who wants to annex Chen Youlong?" Li Laiheng couldn't help standing up and exclaiming as he listened.

Li Guo heard the words, but gave him a hard look, Li Laiheng had to sit down quickly, Li Guo shook his head, and said angrily: "The Duke's military law is strict, how dare I annex the friendly army without permission! I just saw that the Duke intends to win Hao Hao Only Yao Qi and others handed over the vanguard position to Chen Youlong, so as to form a good relationship for the Duke, do you understand?"

Hearing the words, Li Laiheng asked doubtfully, "Isn't this still planning to annex Chen Youlong?"

Li Guo's face turned cold when he heard the words, and Li Laiheng also realized that he knew that he had said something wrong, how could he say that the Duke of Chu annexed the friendly army?So before Li Guo got angry, he couldn't help standing up and saluting, and escaped from the handsome tent.

Li Guo looked at Li Laiheng who was running away, and couldn't help smiling. What he said was the same reason, but he couldn't say that. Duke Chu's actions should be called reorganization.

In the previous battle, although Wang Yan defeated the Qing army, he also suffered a lot of losses. With his three military titles and the supervising standard, his full staff should be 10 people, but in fact it was less than [-].

The problem of the balance not only troubled Wang Yan, but also worried about his generals. After all, as a general, no one would like to see fewer and fewer troops under his command.

Chen Youlong is the general under Liu Chengyin's command. He is famous for being short and stalwart, good at walking, and travels hundreds of miles every day. , so that the group of seedlings are afraid, and they are called "five kings of Hades".

This time Liu Chengyin was defeated, with tens of thousands of casualties, but almost all of his troops returned to Chibi safely, which shows that Chen Youlong still has some ability.

Li Guo was very happy when he saw that he was serious and impatient, and he was more capable of fighting, so Li Guo intentionally wooed him, fulfilled his request, and let him be the vanguard. Why not do it for fun?

(End of this chapter)