On the day Liu Chengzong got the news, he ordered the five sentry posts to seize the horses and food from Xingzihe Wangzhuang and evacuate them.
The decisiveness of the order stunned Lin Wei, who was waiting eagerly to be taken away.
It wasn't until the team sounded the gong and set off that Lin Wei was convinced that Liu Chengzong had no intention of taking him with him at all. He put aside his scholarly reserve and trotted up to catch him, saying angrily: "Don't take me?"
I think you guys are here just to tie me up and talk, right?
He asked Liu Chengzong, who was stunned. He had never seen anyone push forward like this: "I'm going to fight with Li Bei, why are you, the manager of Wangzhuang, joining in the fun?"
He thought to himself, this is a fateful life-and-death battle. Why should I take you, a stranger, to inform Li Bei?
"No, then will you accept me?"
Lin Wei couldn't figure out what the leader was thinking. He sent elite troops to occupy Wangzhuang. A news came from the south, and they were beating gongs and gathering troops to leave. In addition to taking away some food, was this not in vain?
The team had already led the mules forward. Liu Chengzong stopped, reined in his horse and walked onto the small slope in front of the official road.
"receive."
He smiled and responded to the next sentence. He held the saddle and thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Just stay here. In a few days, people will collect the millet from the fields. Plant whatever you need. If it doesn't matter, just plant it." Build the fort, build the fort, remember to hide the leftover food in the mountains, don't let anyone snatch it, it will be enough for you to survive until next spring."
He always remembered what Yang Yao said when he brought the Han brothers to him. He was greedy for money when it was time to run, and panicked when it was time to fight. Those who followed him would pay the price with their lives.
If he hasn't received the news yet, he will stay in this castle for a few days to learn more about the terrain.
But now that he has received the news, he must prepare for the war wholeheartedly. Whatever he wins in the battle will be his.
"Didn't you say you wanted to stay here? Since you took me in, shouldn't you change someone to take care of Zhuangzi and take me away?" Lin Wei clapped the back of his hand with his palms, looking quite anxious: "What if the palace wants to send someone to arrest me?"
"Fuck you, if there are few people coming to the palace, you'll beat them. If there are many people coming, they won't be able to get through. Just stay here and take care of Zhuangzi for me. I trust you."
Liu Chengzong didn't believe anything. He didn't believe Lin Wei. He said nonchalantly: "But you also said that this is a dead ground. If you lose, you will have nowhere to run, so you can't fight here."
After robbing King Zhuangzi of Qin, his father locked him in the ancestral hall and read "Zi Zhi Tong Jian". When asked what he gained, he remembered two things.
Be able to listen to what is said and guard against everyone.
But Lin Wei really regarded him as a life-saving straw. He raised his arm and pointed to the river valley: "Pick up as many people as you want. Those who are strong can take as many as you want. They will be useful for digging trenches and building strongholds, even if they are used as mules!"
The middle-aged Yibin from Prince Qing's Mansion clenched his fists tightly: "You robbed me of all the rent money. If you lose, the Prince's Mansion will take me to Liaodong. You must not lose."
Liu Chengzong smiled when he heard this, nodded heavily, and walked away.
Under the banner of the marshal of the Quartet, men wearing border army armor came out from all directions, and each selected strong men to stay with them as auxiliary troops.
The brigade heading east was about to leave the valley fields. Liu Chengzong reined in his horse and turned back. Lin Wei was still standing on the slope, waving and shouting: "We must win!"
The desire to survive is very strong.
In the early morning of August 19, the Five Sentries Brigade returned to Dawang Mountain. Liu Chengzong slept for half the night and rushed to Zhuantianmao with Cao Yao and Chengyun early in the morning.
Many people came up to the mountain, with tall war horses running all over the mountain. There were men with swords and bows and arrows everywhere.
Master Liu built a Juyi Hall in Zhuantianmao, which was once the residence of a wealthy family in Maoshang. The furnishings in the main hall are similar to those of the old house in Heilongshan.
Facing the front yard, the main and guest seats are on the left and right, and there are two sets of unified tablet chairs with low backrests on each side, with two chairs and a few in each set.
There were more than twenty round stools placed behind them, filling the entire front hall.
When Liu Chengzong arrived, the hall was almost full. Mr. Liu was sitting in the main seat on the right, and there was an empty seat on the left.
Four chairs are lined up on the left. The first one is Liu Chengzu, followed by Tianxing Zhang Tianlin, Shetatatian Li Wanqing, and Chuantantian Liu Guoneng.
There are four chairs on the left, the front seat is empty, followed by Zhongdou Star Gao Yingen, Wang Heshang and Wang for their own use.
On the last chair, a short, thick man with a big horse and a golden sword sat with his arms open. His head was wrapped with a clean cloth and he looked injured. He looked at Liu Chengzong who crossed the threshold with curious eyes.
All the named leaders from around Fucheng are here.
Except for the last person, they were all old acquaintances. Liu Chengzong clasped his fists and saluted one after another. Cao Yao had already squeezed past Tianxing and patted his armor with pride.
Liu Guoneng stood up as soon as Liu Chengzong entered the hall, but he was probably a little embarrassed and did not move forward. He just looked at Liu Chengzong.
After all, they were originally supposed to be a real team, but they separated because Liu Guoneng insisted on reporting to the official position. In the end, Liu Guoneng fell into the trap.
If it hadn't been for Li Bei's suppression this time and all the leaders were like headless flies, Liu Guoneng might have been avoiding Liu Chengzong.
But now that the matter was over, Liu Chengzong didn't argue with him. He held up his hands and smiled, saying, "Brother Guoneng, you're fine."
"Oh, I'm not okay at all."
Liu Chengzong took the initiative to greet him, which made Liu Guoneng very happy. He returned the favor and shook his head with a bitter smile: "I regret not listening to you. I regret it so much!"
The two of them didn't say any more, because Li Wanqing also stood up. He just smiled, stepped forward and pulled the last person to introduce him: "Chief, this is Luo Rucai, named Cao Cao, the leader of Fucheng Dongguan."
"Commander Luo, you are polite. I have heard Brother Tianxing Zhang mention your name."
Liu Chengzong smiled, he had heard people talking about Cao Cao a lot recently.
This is a particularly pure desperado who is addicted to robbing landlords. Every day he is either robbing landlords or on the road to robbing landlords.
But when he heard the name Luo Rucai, he had an impression in his mind. In another memory, this leader seemed to have died in the hands of Brother Huang Wa.
"General Liu has actually heard of me?" Luo Rucai was surprised by this, and even clasped his fists at Zhang Tianlin, and then waved his hands and said: "What I did is nothing compared to General Yanshui Pass killing Lu Cheng. , not worth mentioning.”
After the pleasantries were over, Liu Chengzong stepped forward to salute his father. His eldest brother Liu Chengzu stretched out his hand and said to the first person on the right: "Lion, Cao Guan team, sit down."
Cheng Yun sat behind Liu and Cao with the Han brothers and the Zhong brothers.
The Zhong brothers were named Zhong Hu and Zhong Bao. On the day of Ding Bingxun's martial arts performance, they defeated Liu Chengzong and were selected as the vanguard to follow him.
Once we sat down, the atmosphere became much more serious.
Not long after, Yang Dingrui brought two bankers in from the back hall, hung a map on the wall of the main hall, and sat in the guest seats.
Only then did Mr. Liu speak: "The leaders all know that we are facing a powerful enemy. I am not good at military strategy. I invite you all to come here just for one thing. Whether we fight, defend or leave, everyone must make a decision. If the hearts of the people are not unified, , I will die without a burial place.”
After Liu Xiangyu finished speaking, Yang Dingrui stood up, picked up the three-foot whip stick, pointed at the location of Yanchuan on the wall map, and said: "At noon on August 15th, Yan'an general Li Bei defeated Yanchuan King Huntian. On the 16th, he fled to Yanchuan. Gao Chuang Wang's office, at the same time King Chuang sent people to Yan'an Prefecture to report the news, and on the 18th, Zhongdou Xing arrived at the prefecture."
After speaking, Yang Dingrui turned around and said to the leaders: "At this point, we only know that Li Bei's troops have not pursued into Yanchang and are still stationed in Yanchuan. We don't know anything else."
It would be outrageous to not know this at all.
Liu Chengzong asked: "Mr. Yang, King Huntian's troops were defeated, but he didn't know the strength of Li Bei's troops?"
Yang Dingrui sighed, showing a helpless expression.
Zhongdou Xing Gao Yingen coughed lightly and explained: "They dispersed to eat in the village and were attacked in a hurry. All the tribes fled in a hurry. King Huntian even abandoned his tribe and fled after hearing about the attack. He fled to Yanchang without seeing Li Bei. .”
"Some of those who escaped later had fought with the government troops, but they said 81,000,000. There was no such thing as nonsense like three battalions jointly suppressing chaos and firing artillery from all directions."
Liu Chengzong nodded slowly, knowing in his heart that this so-called battle was just being driven to death by the officers and soldiers.
He could not expect the defeated peasant bandits to bring more information. Liu Chengzong turned to look at his brother: "Separate sentries and attack together?"
Liu Chengzu nodded.
The status of split sentry and combined attack in the Ming army is just like the three-three system of the People's Liberation Army. It is also a formation method and a fighting method, and it is a common basic tactic.
Specifically, a force is divided into five units. The five posts can not only cooperate with each other, but also serve as tactical individuals. They can also be divided into five units to cooperate in operations.
When dealing with thieves who have not received much training, if they are fooled, they will feel that there are enemies in all directions.
Guo Tianxing said: "Your brother and I talked last night. Li Bei should only have one battalion, with at most three sentry commanders, but at least three commander commanders, one thousand five to three thousand."
Liu Chengzu then said: "If there were more, for example, there were three battalions of officers and soldiers, they would have defeated King Gao Chuang by now and continued to march westward... They would definitely not station troops in Yanchuan, and the food and grass cannot support so many people. Station troops and wait."
Zhongdou Star Gao Yingen raised his thumb and nodded: "My brother said the same, so he set up camp and built trenches in the mountains, but he didn't intend to defend it. He just wanted to stop the army and try his best to delay the enemy's strategy for you. , because the officers and soldiers from Qingyang are coming soon."
As soon as these words came out, all the leaders looked sideways. The leader Yang Dingrui said: "Last night, Shangtianhou in Yanzhou sent someone to deliver a message. Qingyang Han Dynasty Prime Minister Liu Wu Liu Daojiang and Liu Liu Liu Daohai fought a battle with the officers and soldiers in Huan County. battle."
Yang Dingrui turned to look at Liu Chengzong: "Shangtian Monkey sent someone to find you. He said he had obtained a lot of food and grass and wanted to retreat and join forces with you."
Gao Yingen looked sideways and said with a smile: "This dirty monkey, Huan County is two hundred miles away from Qingyang Fucheng, and five hundred miles away from Yanzhou, so this scared him."
Mr. Liu was a serious man. Seeing that the atmosphere in the hall was relaxed again, he coughed lightly and asked, "Fight, defend, or leave?"
“You can’t leave and you can’t defend.”
Liu Chengzu replied: "We can only run to the northwest. Once we start running, we will always be caught up by Li Bei. We can't defend it either. Although the city is strong, there is no food for so many of us. We will be trapped in one winter." Death, not to mention the encirclement between two armies, if reinforcements are sent from all over the place... there will be no way to survive."
"Yes!" Zhang Tianlin, the star of the day, slammed the table twice and raised her arms to the sky: "It's just a discussion on how to fight."
"beat!"
Liu Chengzong sat upright at the bottom, nodded and said: "Li Bei doesn't have many troops. Leaders are deploying elite troops to support King Gao Chuang. Although we are disadvantaged in weapons, we have slightly more troops. If we give it a try, the victory or defeat can be between 50 and 50." "
Three former soldiers said they were calling. Li Wanqing and Liu Guoneng looked at each other, their hearts pounding, but they didn't say anything.
Monk Wang gritted his teeth, looked around and said: "All the leaders with the strongest troops think that they can fight, so they can fight. However, I think that taking the Qingjian River detour back to Yanchuan from Ansai is not a bad way, and it can also be done. Do you want to escape from the encirclement of the army?"
This is indeed a way, and if their team organization is strong, they will appear behind Li Bei like a magic weapon descending from the sky.
But for them it would just be giving up all initiative.
Liu Chengzu retorted: "After a long journey, the soldiers are tired, the soldiers and the people are gathered together in one place, and they are suddenly attacked. Who can organize the team?"
They could give it a try if they had another officer or general, but Li Bei's lifeless marching method was very restrained against the peasant army.
The troops' organizational skills are at their worst during the march. As long as they decide to run, they will be chased.
In a long-distance pursuit, if you have no physical strength and I don't have the physical strength, I will bite you and chase you. I won't give you a chance to organize when you catch up. I will just use the organized to fight the unorganized. After breaking through, I will drive straight in, break up and defeat you.
This tactic is called aggressive advance in regular army operations.
To put it simply, it is bullying. You are a peasant army. You dare not fight a tough battle with me, and you do not have the ability to confront me head-on.
Unless Monk Wang leads the team, they will block Li Bei from behind.
Liu Chengzong, Liu Chengzu, and Zhang Tianlin reached a consensus, and the situation was very clear to them.
There is no use for any conspiracy.
If you walk, you can't get away; if you keep, you can't keep it.
It means forcing people to start a battle and fight head-on. If the majestic formation is facing the flag of righteousness, you will either win or die.
Suddenly, someone in the hall applauded.
It was Luo Rucai who was sitting last. The short and thick man was applauding and laughing. He pointed at everyone and laughed till tears. He slapped his thighs and said, "You guys, I love you so much! You all live like human beings. I am different. I You are beasts. The government is wrong to call you traitors. You are neither traitors nor thieves. These are just a bunch of officers and soldiers."
All the leaders looked at him sideways, Zhang Tianlin frowned and glared at Luo Rucai, but Liu Chengzong smiled and raised his eyebrows and said: "Can Leader Luo deal with Li Bei?"
"I can't handle it!"
Luo Rucai said it very lightly: "If I can deal with it myself, I will go directly to deal with Li Bei. Why come here to play with you? But I can help you deal with it. You may not use it if I say it, but Liu Erye has to agree." It's my business."
"Huh?" Liu Chengzong turned his head and asked, "Chief Luo, please tell me."
"The second master has the highest prestige in the hall. If I use my strategy to defeat Li Bei, as long as I am still alive, no matter how much profit I get, I will share 200 armor collars and 200 mules and horses. We will discuss it next time... "
Luo Rucai stood up as he spoke, looked around the hall, and finally fixed his gaze on the faces of Monk Wang and Cao Yao: "I have to move my seat forward and sit next to you."
Cao Yao raised his head and laughed, turned to Liu Chengzong and said, "I think it's okay. If Cao Cao has a plan to defeat Li Bei, just sit here and I'll stand behind him."
Liu Chengzong nodded and said, "I agreed. What is Leader Luo's plan?"
"The second master just said that all the ministries must gather elite troops to rush to the aid of King Gao Chuang. If we can win, the price will be too high. All the ministries will lose their elites and fight with Li Bei. Who will deal with the Qingyang army? In the end, it will be a loss. Die?"
Luo Rucai walked up to Liu Chengzong, raised his hand and patted the tea table twice: "We are afraid of the army, but we are afraid of their cannons. We have recruited 120,000 to 30,000 refugees and hungry people. We will divide the troops into five formations to surround them. Each leader will supervise the battle. Whoever retreats will be killed." Whoever lets them be defeated and waits for five formations of casualties, don’t say I harmed them, I will go with them.”
There was silence in the hall.
Luo Rucai turned around and looked around at everyone, paused and said: "What a bullshit court, bah! By the time the officers and soldiers are out of gunpowder and lead, and the soldiers wearing armor have already exhausted their strength, Mr. Liu will send out elite soldiers again and break the formation with one drum!"
