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Chapter 417
After receiving the order, Gao Yaxian led the Xia army with [-] soldiers and horses, and immediately set off for Boling County.

Originally, he didn't need to make such a move. Dou Jiande's [-]-strong army is terrifying, but all the generals of the enemy army are guarded at this time and dare not attack, lest they will be dumped, but Xu Shiji counterattacked and took back Jiumen County. attack.

This caused a slight surprise in Xia Jun's original strategic plan. Boling County was stationed with stragglers. If Xu Shiji attacked Gaoyang when Dou Jiande's main force went north, then he would repeat his defeat in the Battle of Guandu.

There must be no trouble in Boling County. After receiving the order, the [-] troops were ready to go. Gao Yaxian arranged them one by one, and his adopted son Su Dingfang also supervised them, ordering the soldiers to put all the grain and grass on the grain carts.

After the two finished their work, the moon and stars appeared in the sky, Gao Yaxian received the death order, so he had to travel day and night to Boling County.

Su Dingfang rode a green horse, followed behind Gao Yaxian and said: "Hengshan Xu Shiji has 1 horses, but His Majesty only gave you [-] soldiers and horses for your adoptive father. How can you resist the enemy?"

Gao Yaxian walked slowly on horseback, and said: "Ding Fang, why be nervous, we are defending the city, not attacking, 3000 men and horses are enough, besides, this may be Zhang Huangmen's clever plan."

"Zhang Huangmen?"

Gao Yaxian smiled and said: "This time our army is huge, but we have been stationed in Gaoyang for a long time, why do you say?"

Su Ding said in a dialect: "I know that Li Chongjiu's cavalry is elite. Your Majesty and Zhang Huangmen are worried that once our army leaves Gaoyang and goes northward, Li Chongjiu will cut off the back road and repeat the battle of Guandu."

Gao Yaxian said happily: "That's right, it seems that the art of war and strategy have improved."

"The righteous father praised him, but the emperor accepts advice humbly, appoints talents and employs people, how can he be comparable to Yuan Shao who couldn't even use Tian Feng Jushou."

Gao Yaxian smiled slightly and said: "As the saying goes, there is no same situation through the ages. Today is not Guandu. Zhang Huangmen's strategy has a lot of meaning in it. If I am right, I will go north to Yanxian County and form an array with Zhuojun Gao and Luo. This general is just a feint attack, and there will never be more than [-] people around him, do you dare to bet with me?"

Su Dingfang said angrily: "Father, you are here again, who doesn't know that you are a fortune teller."

Gao Yaxian laughed, and said: "Well, your kid is also smart."

"But Yifu, I don't understand. Aren't Gao Luo and his co-pioneers? Why are there only so few people around?"

Gao Yaxian smiled and said, "You will know in the future."

Three days later, Gao Yaxian arrived in Boling County with 3000 troops.

As soon as they arrived, they heard that Xu Shiji had led an army to attack on his own initiative, and Hengyang County had already been destroyed, and Chen Bing was in Boling County.

Under the city of Gu'an County.

Dozens of banners with the characters "Luo" and "Luo" fluttered high. Luo Cheng held a five-foot red gun and stood under the city head, looking at the city.

"Youzhou, I, Luo Cheng, have finally come back." Luo Cheng gritted his teeth and said.

"General Luo," a general next to him stepped forward, "General Gao only ordered us three hundred light cavalry to come to Gu'an County thirty miles away to investigate the enemy's situation, but right now you want us to set up a false flag under the city, which is contrary to General Gao's military order. It's just the opposite."

Luo Cheng squinted at him and asked, "Why is there only one General Gao in your eyes?"

"The last general dare not," the other party lowered his head but said, "Your Majesty's military order is to let us station in Ju County and assume the posture of attacking Zhuo County. Is it not good?"

Luo Cheng sneered and said, "Idiot, do you think that if you sit still, others won't be able to see through our reality?"

Speaking of this, Luo Cheng pointed to the city of Gu'an County and said: "If you are weak, you will show strength, and if you are strong, you will show weakness. Above the city, the flag is lowered, the soldiers are in disarray, obviously the morale is low, our army can go down with a drum!"

The general lost his face and said: "General Luo, you really want to attack the city! We are cavalry, and there are only 300 people."

Luo Cheng snorted and said, "Who says cavalry can't attack a city!"

Immediately, Luo Cheng waved his spear and said: "Let's pass down an order to divide 200 cavalrymen into tying more branches to their horses' tails and raising smoke and dust to set up an ambush. The remaining [-] people will follow me to the city."

"promise!"

All of a sudden, two hundred cavalrymen dismounted from their horses, several of them raised horns hanging beside the saddles, and the beeping sound of the horns resounded over the top of the city.

An hour later, Gu'an County fell.
Youzhou Governor's Mansion.

For more than ten days since the decisive battle between the Xia Army and the Youzhou Army, Li Chongjiu's staff has been extremely busy.

Even Li Chongjiu often sat in front of the huge map for several hours and forgot to eat.Different from previous decisive battles.In the battle of 3 to [-] people, Li Chongjiu usually marched with the army and went to the front line in person. The mountains climbing in front of him and the river flowing under his feet were a living map.

But in this battle, the two sides dispatched nearly 20 troops. The six counties of Zhuojun, Hengshan, Shanggu, Bohai, Boling, and Hejian were the battlefields, and half of Hebei was included in a large wall that hung on the entire wall. on a sheepskin map.

Under the sheepskin map, Ji Chuan walked back and forth with red eyes, drawing back and forth on a piece of paper, analyzing the movements of Xia's army, Wen Yanbo was in charge of dispatching food and military supplies, and Chen Xiaoyi mobilized troops from various places to Ji County, The master Bo Zhao Heran drafted the military order on behalf of Li Chongjiu, and Xue Wanshu and Wang Gui joined the army to collect information from various places, and then handed it over to Li Chongjiu for review, and then sent the master Bo and Li Chongjiu's military orders to various ministries.

In addition, there are five or six members of the army, as Li Chongjiu's military staff, and Ji Chuan are on the map, pointing and analyzing the military situation.The Sixth Cao of the Fuzhong joined the army, and the signatures were also sent back and forth from each room to deliver official duties.

The officials who came to Youzhou Governor's Mansion for the past ten days lived and ate in the capital. They were not allowed to go home, and they were not even allowed to send any news to their family members. This was to prevent leakage of secrets.All of these sacrifices are for this great battle between Youzhou and Xia Jun.

The world is the chessboard, and the generals and soldiers are the chess pieces. The two sides fight across the Chu River and the Han Dynasty.

Within ten days, in the Governor's Mansion, there was no bloody smell coming from the battlefield, no beacon smoke filling the eyes, and no rumble of war drums in the ears, but from the paper conveying the military situation, there were many casualties and captured soldiers. How much was lost, the blood of the soldiers threw their heads and blood, and instantly became a few lines of short words, or even numbers.

It lacks the taste of gold and iron horses, but the so-called strategizing means victory thousands of miles away, that's exactly what it is.

Xue Wanshu reported to Li Chongjiu: "As of now, Yongle County in Shanggu County and Gu'an County in Zhuo County have been captured by the Xia army. Jiumen County in Hengshan County was captured by General Xu Shiji after a few days. Suicheng County in the county and Anci County in Zhuo County are being attacked by the Xia army, the news has been interrupted, and the subordinates have sent people to investigate and report immediately if there is news."

Wang Gui went on to say: "In addition, in Xingtang County, Hengshan County, and Yongnu County, Zhuojun County, the Xia Army's vanguard flags also appeared. In addition, Yanmen Gao Duwei reported that Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang were again in Loufan and Yanmen counties. Heavy troops are assembled on the border."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "What do you think?"

Himekawa rubbed his temples with his hands, didn't speak, but took a big sip of water from the cup instead.Li Chongjiu looked at the people beside Ji Chuan. These people were now Li Chongjiu's staff, but now they were the staff, and Ji Chuan was almost the chief of staff.

These people look at me and I look at you, speechless.A staff member with a very young face on the side said: "I would like to report to Lord Shanggu, in my opinion, now Hengshan, Shanggu, and Zhuojun are all attacked by Dou Jiande. With Dou Jiande's [-] troops, it is impossible for him to be so rich. , attacking three routes at the same time, false and real, among the three routes, there must be one or two, and they are suspicious soldiers."

Li Chongjiu couldn't help but nodded when he heard the words, and said: "You are right, um, you are the scholar Zhao Xin who was just admitted this year, I remember you, the top of the list!"

When Zhao Xin heard this, his face was full of joy and he said, "I didn't think about Duke Gu, but I still remember the students."

Li Chongjiu smiled, looked at Zhao Heran and said: "Zhao Zhubo, your son is so talented, why does he still need to be admitted in the county examination, with the status of your Zhao family today, you can gather talents without avoiding relatives, and recommend them to me directly. "

Seeing that Li Chongjiu admired his son, Zhao Heran said with a smile all over his face: "Duke Shanggu is too famous, young man, don't let him succeed too early, lest he lose his enterprising spirit, and his humble position allows him to take the county examination rightly. It is also to let him know that the family background is untenable."

Zhao Xin cupped her hands and said, "Father told me since I was a child that Haoer is not envious of Ye Niangtian, and that a man needs to make his own achievements in order to achieve success."

Li Chongjiu narrowed his eyes, Zhao Heran and Zhao Xin are both very good at talking and smooth in handling things, they really are the children who can only be cultivated by the family of officials who have been in the officialdom for a long time.Compared with Zhou Zhou, who is on the same list as Zhao Xin, his talent is not inferior to him, and his character is also good.But the current situation is very different, one person is important for him right now, and the other is a small official in the border county.

Having said that, Li Chongjiu is just like Zhou Xu, and he appreciates Zhou Zhou a little more in his heart. He seems to see himself in him as a student, like a blank sheet of paper, but he still prefers to use Zhao Xin.

Li Chongjiu said with a smile: "I heard that my father is a loyal minister, and my son must be a loyal minister. Mr. Zhao Bo is now my right-hand man. In the future, your son's achievements will never be inferior to yours."

Hearing Li Chongjiu's intention to reuse Zhao Xin, the Zhao family father and son couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Right now, the Zhao family is the noble family second only to the Lu family in Youzhou, and even Li Chongjiu needs to win him over from time to time, as the so-called sedan chair carries people, especially at the time of the current battle with Dou Jiande, there must be no disturbances in Youzhou .

Li Chongjiu brought the topic back and said, "Ji is engaged, what do you think?"

Ji Chuan opened his red eyes, glanced at Zhao Xin, and said, "It's not about judging where Dou Jiande's main force is right now. Luo Cheng is now aggressive and approaching Youzhou. It's time for us to respond."

(End of this chapter)