As soon as Zhu Lingshi said this, the spring breeze-like smiles on everyone's faces disappeared. Tan Shao's thick, ink-stained eyebrows frowned tightly and said in a deep voice: "What's going on? Brother Jinu, isn't it?" He wrote pleading letters and issued edicts. Whether it was personal or official, they all very clearly asked him not to attack. To send troops in such a situation would be too disrespectful to Brother Jinu. . It’s even a violation of military law!”
Shen Tianzi's loud voice rang from the side: "There is no need to say anything like Big Stone. Our Beifu Army and the Jingba brothers are the three giants. There is no clear order relationship between superiors and subordinates. Brother Wuji He is no longer here, and Brother Xile is the general who stays in the country. He leads the Yuzhou Army and has the power to act expediently. He can disobey Brother Jinu’s orders. Even if it is the imperial edict of the imperial court, when such monsters and thieves are causing chaos, Jiangzhou When the enemy falls, he can also make his own decision on the grounds that the general is outside and the emperor's orders are not accepted."
"Just like Brother Jinu, the Northern Expedition to Nanyan, and the one-year siege of Guanggu, these are all choices made by Brother Jinu based on the changing situation on the battlefield. In the past year, the DPRK and China have also asked them to take charge of the division many times, especially after the fall of Jiangzhou. At that time, orders could come several times a day to ask them to go back, but Brother Jinu didn't follow the order?! Since we didn't do this, how can we ask Brother Xile to do this?"
Zhuge Limin said coldly: "But Brother Jinu is the commander-in-chief of the country's troops after all. At this time, Brother Xile should still listen to his orders. Otherwise, if everyone does their own thing, wouldn't it be defeated by the demon thieves one by one? .Brother, do you think this is true?!"
Chief Si Min yawned: "Well, Simin's orders should naturally be respected. It's just that Ji Nu was at the front. He understood the battle situation at that time earlier than we did. If there was a major enemy situation that changed at the last moment, You don’t necessarily need to wait for orders from the front. Liu Yu, you see, since the slave has lost contact, it means that he may have personally led his troops to prepare for a decisive battle with the demon thief, and has even prepared a blow. Bro, in preparation for chasing down the demon thief, shouldn’t we rush back to Jiankang and reorganize our troops here first, and then contact Dao Gui so that he can cooperate well with Simin?”
Tan Shao raised his eyebrows: "Brother Changmin, what do you mean? Are you prepared to let Brother Jinu fight this battle by default? Aren't we going to participate in this battle to destroy the demon thief?"
Xile Changmin curled his lips: "Our small army has been fighting for more than a year, and there have been countless small and large battles. The soldiers are now in the midst of an epidemic. Even if they are strong again, they will be greatly affected physically and mentally. It is not suitable for them. If there is another big battle, Ji Nu’s soldiers and horses have been resting in the country for so long, and they have watched us make great contributions. If they have no idea, why should we take the credit for this battle from him? If Ji Nu If we can’t defeat the demon thief ourselves, wouldn’t it be better if we help him when the time comes?”
Having said this, Changmin Xi Le looked at Liu Yi: "Also, the 100,000 troops of the Later Qin Dynasty have been pressing down here in northwest Henan, echoing the rebels Sima Guofan and Sima Chu Zhiyuan. I feel that at this time, we We should find ways to support Yuzhou, fill the gap after Simin's attack, and avoid giving Hou Qin an advantage like the last sneak attack on Luoyang. By the way, we can also ensure the food routes for the slaves in the rear, and can be dispatched as reinforcements at any time. You see, this is Wouldn't it be more appropriate?
Liu Yi finally moved his gaze from the distant river bank, glanced at Simin Changmin, nodded and said: "Brother Changmin has really good vision. He can see what I am really worried about now at a glance. Indeed. , the soldiers and horses of the Later Qin here in Yuzhou worry me more than the demon thieves now. One hundred thousand Qiang thieves are not a small number, and with Sima Guofan, who is familiar with our internal situation, as the leader, once a large-scale attack on Yuzhou is carried out, I am afraid that the North Half of Yuzhou is difficult to defend."
Having said this, Liu Yi looked at the eight brothers of Xile Changmin who were standing together, and said in a deep voice: "Changmin, your troops are among the soldiers and horses attacking Guanggu, and together with Liu Fan's Yanzhou Army, they will rotate You are the first group to return home to rest and recuperate. This is your base in Beiqingzhou. How many troops and horses can you deploy now to dispatch immediately?"
At this point, Liu Yi paused: "Let's do this, Changmin, don't send out your soldiers and horses for the time being. Stay in this camp. Divide the civilians into eight squads and take turns to carry them. It can be a little faster, but free time to concentrate It is up to your more than two thousand veterans to train these civilians and teach them how to use spears, bows and crossbows, and how to fight in battle formations. Within two months, I want those more than 10,000 civilians to be able to go into battle to kill thieves.
, this can be done. "
The Xi Le people almost shouted without thinking: "None of you..."
Xile Changmin glared at Xile Limin fiercely. The giant man immediately realized that there was something wrong with his words and immediately stopped what he said. However, all the generals present understood that Changmin had what he could do now. There should be more than a thousand soldiers and horses.
Xile Changmin coughed dryly and said: "Changmin just came back from Nanyan and was not very clear about the situation here. At that time, we did have a thousand troops when we were in charge, but after returning to Pengcheng in the north of the Yangtze River, most of the brothers temporarily dispersed and returned. Home, there are also soldiers and horses stationed in various places on rotation of prefectures and counties. Those people cannot be summoned immediately. What I can get immediately at hand is only more than 2,100 people. They are no longer the tens of thousands of civilians here, but those Everyone among the civilians can see that they can only carry things and have no fighting ability at all. They cannot be used as combatants on the front line. If Liu Yu wants me to send troops to help defend Yuzhou now, I will only leave 700 troops to guard Pengcheng Governor. Mansion, take all the others with you personally and rush to the aid of Liyang."
Simin obviously saw through Xile Changmin's thoughts, and patted his shoulder with a smile: "You took all the soldiers away, what will happen here? The land north of the Yangtze River cannot be without soldiers, especially when it involves transshipment. The soldiers and ordnance from Qilu Land have come back to ensure the smooth flow of the canal. We cannot do it without fewer soldiers."
Everyone understood that Simin Changmin was playing tricks again. On the one hand, he wanted to preserve his strength, but on the other hand, he did not want to bring too many people to Yuzhou. After all, it was Zhuge's territory. If he brought too many soldiers, , this time Zhuge attacked against orders. After the war, if Liu Yi allowed Chief Xile to stay there in the name of stationing in Yuzhou, or changing defenses, he would greatly offend Zhuge. If he only brought two thousand people there, then They can withdraw at any time on the grounds that they have few troops. Even if they leave all 2,000 men in Yuzhou and transfer them to Zhuge in the future, it would not be a pity.
