Feeling Li Xin's slightly meaningful words, Duan Zhibao was also a little confused and couldn't figure out what Li Xin was doing today... ··After a moment of thought, Duan Zhibao suddenly had an idea in his mind, and immediately asked Li Xin: "Do you want to use this matter to attack the Zhennan Army?" Seeing that Duan Zhibao realized what he was thinking, Li Xin asked Xin first nodded with a smile, and then said with a serious face: "Master Duan, why do you think the senior bosses in the Fengwu Army don't want to see our brothers?" Faced with this question, Duan Zhibao looked a little complicated, although he was Feng Wujun was very angry at this difference in intimacy, but Duan Zhibao was still clear-headed.
Duan Zhibao knew that in addition to the fact that he had just surrendered and was not trusted by the upper echelons of the Fengwu Army, there were also considerable problems within the Jingchu Army, such as but not limited to empty pay, lack of military discipline, reselling of firearms, and many other factors.
These shortcomings have caused the Jingchu Army to be weak in combat effectiveness, otherwise it would not have been able to hold down even a partial division of the Zhennan Army and the stalemate has persisted until now!
And this also made the Jingchu Army surrender to the Fengwu Army, but they were still looked down upon by the upper echelons of the Fengwu Army, and their food, salary and treatment were the worst!
However, although Duan Zhibao knew the reason, he was unwilling to tell Li Xin directly... Seeing this, Li Xin was also very confident. He said: "I think the main reason for my humble position is that our Jingchu Army did not achieve any results, and we are looked down upon by the Fengwu Army's grandsons!"
"As far as I know, the Fengwu Army has always had strict military discipline. It emphasizes rewards for meritorious deeds and punishment for delinquencies. It highly values military exploits. Therefore, our Jingchu Army has not performed its due military exploits at the moment. That's why the Fengwu Army's grandsons will look down upon it. Come on us!”
"If we can accomplish a great feat, I believe that the upper echelons of the Fengwu Army will look at us differently and will not despise my brothers in the Jingchu Army!" Listening to Li Xin's thoughts, Duan Zhibao also felt that he was right. For some reason, the Fengwu Army attaches great importance to military exploits. If they can win a big victory, their status in the Fengwu Army will naturally improve, and it will be much easier to get money by then!
Although I think what Li Xin said makes sense, if the military exploits were so easy to establish, they would naturally not wait until today. Although the Zhennan Army has not many troops in Jingchu, their combat effectiveness is indeed not weak. If they want to win in Jingchu, It is not easy for them to achieve military exploits!
Seeing the confident look on Li Xin's face, Duan Zhibao took a deep look at him and said, "What plans do you have?" Li Xin also said mysteriously after hearing this: "Although the Zhennan Army encouraged me to rebel, They cut off the food route for our army, but they don’t trust me. They talked to me about sending 5,000 people to our camp in Xiaowushan... ············”
"I pretend to agree to my humble plan, and then Sir Duan, you will lead the main force to ambush outside. When these five thousand Zhennan troops appear, Sir, you will encircle them in Xiaowu Mountain. In this way, these five thousand Zhennan troops will be like turtles in a urn." , You can’t escape even if you have wings!”
"After wiping out the 5,000 Zhennan Army, we can kill some more prisoners. The bandits will gather more than 7,000 people. At that time, we can claim to have defeated the Zhennan Army and beheaded nearly 10,000 people in Jingchu. This is A great achievement!"
"The Fengwu Army attaches great importance to military exploits. If we present this military exploit to them, it will definitely shock the grandsons of the Fengwu Army. They will never imagine that our brothers can accomplish this!"
"If they serve food to others in the future, we brothers will also have merit to challenge them. Otherwise, our brothers will not have enough confidence to challenge others now that we have made only a small amount of merit!"
""After this battle, my lord, you will definitely get what you want. The Fengwu Army sent less than a thousand muskets, and we all spit on them! "Li Xin's words made Duan Zhibao more and more moved. Although the Fifth Army did not have a commander, he, a fellow commander, was actually the commander!
But this still made Duan Zhibao feel a little uncomfortable. He was afraid that the Fengwu Army would parachute a commander from within and drive him away that day.
Therefore, Li Xin's last words can be said to have spoken to his heart, making Duan Zhibao more and more excited... ···· Duan Zhibao, who was in an excited mood, also stood up from his chair and paced back and forth in the room. Thinking about the victory scene that Li Xin had just described for him, Duan Zhibao also stopped and asked Li Xin solemnly: "You How sure are you that you can accomplish this?" Li Xin said without thinking: "If Mr. Duan can fully support me, I am 100% sure that I will do this for Mr. Duan!" Duan Zhibao continued to ask: "Why? A person who fully supports the law?" Li Xin said carefully with a serious look: "Master Duan, you know that the combat effectiveness of the Zhennan Army is not bad, and if my expectations are correct, the five thousand people who came to Xiaowu Mountain are very powerful. They may be elites drawn by the enemy from Yongshao, so if you want to annihilate all these five thousand people, you must gather a large number of troops!" Hearing this
Duan Zhibao's eyelids jumped at the word "heavy troops". After hesitating for a moment, he said: "How many people do you want?" Under Duan Zhibao's gaze, Li Xin raised three fingers and said seriously: "Sir, at least we need Thirty thousand people!" At the end, Li Xin paused and added: "A real thirty thousand troops and horses!" Duan Zhibao couldn't help but frown when he got the figure of thirty thousand, even though the Fifth Army now has 30,000 troops on its roster. There are more than 80,000 people, but as a fellow commander, Duan Zhibao knows very well what the situation is below...According to his ideas Of the 80,000 soldiers on the roster, it would actually be good to have 50,000. Therefore, Li Xin's request for 30,000 soldiers and horses is nominally less than half of their fifth army, but in fact it has occupied most of their fifth army. The troops are ready!
From this point of view, Li Xinkai’s conditions are not low! However, Duan Zhibao was still convinced by this number. After all, he was also the one who led troops to fight, and he also knew that the Zhennan Army had good combat effectiveness.
In addition, the opponent is the elite of the Zhennan Army. Li Xin's 30,000 troops are not much to be honest! However, if these 30,000 people were given, the troops and horses in Tanzhou, the base camp, would be relatively empty. Duan Zhibao also heard that the Zhennan Army had borrowed more than 20,000 troops and horses from Sichuan and Shu!
Although Duan Zhibao also believed that the more than 20,000 Shu troops were going to Anqing for a decisive battle with the Fengwu Army, they might pass by Jingchu after all. As the saying goes, sail with caution, so Duan Zhibao had to be on guard!
Seeing Duan Zhibao's hesitation, Li Xin, who was eager to make contributions, also continued: "My lord, the chance of fighting is fleeting. If this battle is successful, no one in the Fengwu Army will be able to underestimate us anymore!" Duan Zhibao also made up his mind after hearing this. With the final determination, he nodded towards Li Xin and said: "This battle is done!" Li Xin was overjoyed as soon as he said this, but Duan Zhibao's words in the next second made his smile freeze on his face!
"I will personally lead the team in this battle! We must wipe out all these Zhennan troops in Xiaowushan... "Li Xin didn't expect Duan Zhibao to do this at all. He originally wanted to command this battle by himself. In this way, this battle is won, and Li Xin has become famous in one battle, which is very beneficial to his future career in Fengwu. military development.
But I didn't expect Duan Zhibao to lead the team himself. In this way, even if the battle is successful, most of the credit will be recorded on Duan Zhibao. Even if this plan was planned by him, Li Xin, he can only follow and get some soup. Drinking it will not have the effect of becoming famous in one battle!
Thinking of this, Li Xin still wanted to fight for his own rights. He forced a smile on his face and spoke to Duan Zhibao;
"Sir Duan, as the saying goes, a son of a rich man cannot sit down in the palace. There are only five thousand enemy troops. Wherever you are needed, the humble commander is enough to look up to them. You, the old man, will sit in command in Tanzhou, waiting for the good news of the humble commander. Let's do it!" Duan Zhibao naturally saw what Li Xin was thinking, but he still pretended not to know and patted Li Xin's shoulder and said: "Li Xin, what you said is wrong! I, Duan, am just a martial artist, how can I Son of a rich man, Marshal Ye is such a hero, why don’t I go out in person to fight this time? Compared with him, what am I?”
"Li Xin, although you have done a good job, this battle requires 50,000 soldiers and horses, and the water is still too deep. I'm afraid you won't be able to grasp it..." ··········"'So this time I still have to personally command. Li Xin, don’t worry, as long as this battle is won, you will definitely have a share of the battle achievements!
'Hearing what Duan Zhibao said, Li Xin also understood that Duan was determined to take credit for his first achievement!
Although he was angry in his heart and wanted to punch Duan Zhibao's hypocritical face, but as the saying goes, the first level of officialdom crushes people to death. What can Li Xin do? He can only knock out his teeth and swallow them in his stomach. He is very helpless. He cupped his hands and said: "In this humble position, I will obey your orders! Thank you for your support!" Seeing Li Xin lower his head, Duan Zhibao was also very proud. He patted Li Xin on the shoulder again and praised: "We are among the people in the Fifth Army. , I think you, Li Xin, have the most clever brains and are the most promising!"
"Your future is bound to be limitless. Don't forget about you, Brother Duan!" Li Xin was so disgusted that he wanted to vomit, but he still had to say very hypocritically: "Brother Duan, you are ridiculous. What we are today is all due to your cultivation, Brother Duan. From now on, I will need your support!" Seeing that Li Xin was quite sensible and not shameless, Duan Zhibao also waved his hand and said very arrogantly: "We are all ourselves. People! It’s easy to talk about whether to support or not support!”
"Li Xin, don't worry! As long as your brother Duan and I are in office, I won't treat you badly..."··· ··············································· ············While Duan Zhibao and Li Xin were competing with each other because of their unfulfilled military exploits, they were in a luxurious mansion in Yongzhou City in the south of Jingchu.
Xu Zhaojie held a grand banquet for Yang Zhen and Cai Qiang, who came from Sichuan and Sichuan. While they were drinking and drinking, Cai Qiang also raised his wine glass and saluted Xu Zhaojie: "I have long heard that Mr. Xu is a great hero in the world. He is a rare man of faith. When I saw that he was like this today, I would like to offer this glass of wine to Mr. Xu Hou!" After saying this, Cai Qiang also drank the wine in the glass very boldly. Seeing that he has such courage, the banquet Everyone in the audience applauded him one after another!
Because Xu Zhaojie promised that as long as Yang Zhen and Cai Qiang led his troops to Sichuan and Shu, he would immediately fulfill his promise and hand over Yongzhou and Hengzhou to the Shu army.
Therefore, under the temptation of the two states, Yang Zhen and Cai Qiang rushed to Jingchu without any hesitation. Xu Zhaojie did not break his promise and gave up the two states to the Shu army very readily.
This also caused Yang Zhen and Cai Qiang to be very satisfied with what Xu Zhaojie had done, and felt that their trip to Shu was not in vain!
Xu Zhaojie sneered in his heart at Cai Qiang's praise, his territory was not so easy to win! Even so, on the surface, Xu Zhaojie also pretended to be bold and said: "It's just two state capitals, what do they count?"
"Now the main force of the Fengwu Army is in the north. In the southern provinces, their strength is very empty. Especially in Anqing, they only have one Fourth Army... ·········
"This fourth army is the original Qilu surrender army. They are all a bunch of rabble. This time we captured them, and I will give you half of Anqing!"
"General Yang, General Cai, what do you think?" Although rationally, Yang Zhen and Cai Qiang felt that Fengwu Army was so easy to deal with, but when they thought of Anqing's wealth, they couldn't help but have a trace of greed in their expressions!
Although he wanted to ask Xu Zhaojie about his specific battle plan, he was prevaricated by the generals of the Zhennan Army who were accompanying him and said they would discuss the business tomorrow!
It is said that if there is wine today, we will be drunk now. We are finally sitting together, so we must not spoil the fun! After nearly two hours of partying together, the banquet was finally over. When Xu Zhaojie returned to the mansion, his newly recruited master, Xiang Zeng, was already waiting for him.
Xu Zhaojie looked at Xiang Zeng drinking the sobering soup and asked indifferently: "Mr. Xiang, what can you teach me about this Shu army?" Xiang Zeng said very calmly: "Song Weijie is not an ordinary person. He sees After getting out of the Marquis, you wanted to pull Sichuan and Shu into trouble, so he followed the trend and eliminated the dissidents and sent Yang Zhen and Cai Qiang out. I believe he should have had contact with the Fengwu Army and reported this matter to the Fengwu Army! "
"And the most important thing is that as soon as the war breaks out on our side, I believe Song Weijie will try to unify Sichuan and Shu..."
