"Since Lao Cui you have agreed to launch the attack, our two divisions will make the following arrangements."
Qu Ercheng received support and was ready to show off his skills.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Cui Xiaoyi stopped him.
"Wait a minute, you will deploy? Why do you have such a big face? Why should you be the one to deploy?"
Qu Ercheng said matter-of-factly: "I initiated the offensive plan, and of course I will deploy it."
Cui Xiaoyi sneered.
"Put your face in the sun and see how big it is? Are you going to boss me around?"
Qu Ercheng blinked his eyes and couldn't help asking: "A snake can't survive without a head, and a man can't stand without a head. So what do you think we should do?"
Cui Xiaoyi straightened his chest and raised his head, doing his duty.
"I am the commander of the 34th Division, and you are the commander of the 35th Division. I am older than you, and I am your senior. Of course, I will command this battle."
Qu Ercheng quit on the spot.
"Your thirty-four is older than thirty-five, right? I think you are quite thick-skinned."
Seeing the two division commanders arguing over command rights, Yuan Kexiao could only reconcile the situation.
"Oh, if you two continue to argue like this, will there be a fight? Since neither of you is convinced by the other, then time is running out, so I'll be in charge."
"Ouch, I can't tell. You, Yuan Dajunzheng, are indeed the direct disciples of the King of Song. You are indeed a man with evil intentions!"
"They say people who play with pens have many evil intentions, and it's true."
Cui Xiaoyi and Qu Ercheng fought each other and pushed Yuan Kexiao back.
But the two of them refused to give in on who would be the commander-in-chief. In the end, no one could convince anyone, so they could only offer the ultimate method.
"rock-paper-scissors……"
"Oh my stinky hands!"
Looking at his fist, and then at Cui Xiaoyi's cloth, Qu Ercheng slapped himself in distress.
The command was thus established.
Cui Xiaoyi, the commander of the 34th Division, and Zou Dingzhi of the Military and Political Division, Qu Ercheng, and Yuan Kexiao, the commander of the 35th Division, formed the joint command headquarters for the Guangning offensive.
After obtaining the command, Cui Xiu wielded a golden sword and began to make arrangements.
"The soldiers and horses in Li Shutai's hands are mainly Han troops, and their combat effectiveness is limited. But we are also a second-line army and cannot be compared with the main force. We are encountering an opponent and a good general, so we must be careful when fighting."
Zou Dingzhi nodded, very sure of the general's caution.
"Li Shutai is also a famous Manchu general after all, and his defensive arrangements are relatively complete. Without proper planning, our casualties will not be too small."
Although they are all generals of the security division, Cui Xiaoyi and others have all studied in military academies, and have also experienced in field troops, and have very rich combat experience.
Qu Ercheng proposed an idea.
"After fighting for so long, in the eyes of the Qing army, our National Defense Forces have sharp firearms. I think we can use this ideological error to catch Li Shutai off guard."
Yuan Kexiao reacted as soon as he heard it.
"Are you planning a night attack?"
As soon as these words came out, the four generals laughed evilly.
In previous battles, because the weapons of the National Defense Force were more powerful, most battles took place during the day. The Qing army was also defeated by the powerful weapons of the National Defense Forces and was completely unmatched.
They can only think of ways to launch an attack through night cover, hoping to make up for the weapon gap.
After a long time, in the thinking of the Qing army, they simply could not remember that the National Defense Forces were actually able to launch night attacks.
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Taking advantage of this ideological error, famous generals like Li Shutai had to be circumvented.
Cui Xiaoyi also thinks this proposal is good.
He added: "If we want Li Shutai to take the bait, we have to do a good job. I decided to launch an attack on Guangning City for three consecutive days starting tomorrow. After three days, we pretended that the attack was not effective, and then stopped. There are With this cover, although Li Shutai will strengthen his vigilance during the day, the Qing army may relax its vigilance at night. That is our opportunity."
The secretary on the side suddenly asked: "Then the combat plan will be submitted to the cluster headquarters after launching the attack tomorrow?"
Cui Xiao was furious.
"You are stupid. You will submit the battle plan tomorrow. If the cluster headquarters orders the attack to be stopped, won't our work be in vain?"
Then he said: "Wait until after the night attack before sending it out."
The clerk was very honest and scratched his head, somewhat confused.
"Then how do we calculate our attacks in the past few days?"
Qu Ercheng immediately gave an explanation.
"Fire reconnaissance. Well, yes, it's fire reconnaissance."
In Guangning City, Li Shutai has been suffering.
Although the National Defense Forces outside the city have never launched an attack, and he has found out clearly that the National Defense Forces in front of him are only second-line troops with limited combat effectiveness.
But he is worried about the overall situation.
The contact with Guan Nei has been severed, and I don’t know what the current situation is with the imperial court.
Moreover, he wanted to contact the Mongolian grassland, but he couldn't.
Li Shutai instinctively felt that the National Defense Forces seemed to be deploying a big chess game to encircle the entire Manchu Qing Dynasty.
He has reported the situation to He Luohui in Shenyang.
But what can He Luohui do?
The Qing army in the entire Liaodong region only had so few people. Even if all the ordinary Manchus were mobilized, they would only be able to gather more than 50,000 people.
As a result, such a small number of troops had to be spread everywhere, which immediately seemed to be stretched thin.
There is bad news everywhere these days.
Li Shutai was holding on hard in Guangning City, the Haizhou Guard in the south had been lost, and Liaoyang had begun to face the frontline of the National Defense Forces.
What made everyone in the Manchu and Qing Dynasties feel coldest was that there was also an emergency from the North Korean border, and a large number of national defense troops had crossed the border.
This siege was like a spider web, making He Luohui, Li Shutai and others feel powerless to struggle.
The fierce sound of artillery made Li Shutai forget about anything else and quickly deployed his defense.
The National Defense Forces outside the city finally lost their patience and launched an attack.
Li Shutai responded carefully, deployed carefully, and fought back and forth with the National Defense Forces.
After a fierce battle, Li Shutai had an idea.
The National Defense Forces outside the city are indeed second-line troops. Their combat effectiveness is completely different from that of the National Defense Forces that originally attacked Jinzhou, and their firepower is also much worse.
There were more than 20,000 Qing troops in the city, and they did not suffer any loss in terms of strength, so they were able to defend it fairly calmly.
The offensive and defensive battle lasted for three days before the National Defense Forces ceased operations.
Watching the National Defense Forces slowly retreating back, Li Shutai let out a sigh of relief.
By guarding Guangning, Shenyang would be safer, and he could give an account.
However, he was still cautious, and in the next few days he still ordered his subordinates to be on guard and not to let down their guard.
But for five or six consecutive days, there was no movement from the National Defense Forces. Even he relaxed, thinking that the National Defense Forces should have no hope of attacking and would not come again.
Ten days later, in the dark midnight, I could not see my fingers.
The reconnaissance companies of the 34th and 35th Divisions were combined to form the assault force. Led by Qu Ercheng himself, he quietly headed towards Guangning City.
Behind the commandos, other troops from the two divisions followed.
The decisive battle is tonight!
