Li Hao and Xie Youde explained: "The purpose of letting me lead the army south this time is to train the army. The garrison of this branch has been confirmed a long time ago. General Xie must not misunderstand."
Hearing this, Xie Youde felt relieved, so he asked: "I wonder where Mr. Li will move to. Do you need me to arrange it in advance?"
Li Hao opened the map and said: "We plan to move to Hebu, which is about twenty miles away from General Xie, so we can take care of each other.
As for the layout, it doesn't matter. Originally it was part of military training, so I won't bother General Xie. "
Xie Youde said: "In this case, if Mr. Li has any inconvenience when you get there, you can inform me in time. After all, I have been here for a long time, so I can be of some help."
Li Hao thanked him after hearing this, but then said: "As for the trouble, it is true that the river port is not a prosperous place after all, and it is inconvenient to replenish some supplies.
I plan to leave Captain Cheng and Captain Yang behind to help purchase supplies, and I need General Xie to take care of them. "
After hearing this, Xie Youde thought for a while and asked, "These two are the sons of Duke Ling and Uncle Anding."
Li Hao replied: "Yes, they are the two of them. Speaking of which, I heard in Bianjing that you once served under Bo Anding. I don't know whether it is true or not."
Xie Youde felt that there was something in Li Hao's words, but he didn't understand the meaning, so he answered first and said: "This is true. It is only because of Uncle Anding's appreciation and promotion that I can get to where I am today. I have always been grateful for this."
Li Hao said: "That's just right. Now that you have interacted with Anguo Gong's family again, it's really a fate. Then Lieutenant Cheng will have to take care of you."
If he needs anything from you, you can help him. "
Xie Youde understood as soon as he heard it. You wanted me to do something for the co-authorship, and he even sent two supervisors.
I was thinking in my heart, but I still greeted you with a smile on my face, and said: "This is really fate. I will definitely do my best for the kindness I gave you back then. Don't worry, Mr. Li."
After hearing this, Li Hao smiled and said, "Thank you, General, for your righteousness. You should be a role model for us."
After this meaningful conversation ended, Li Hao sent Xie Youde out and agreed to let Cheng Guosheng and Yang Wenyuan pass before setting off.
After Xie Youde left, Li Hao invited Yang Wenyuan and Cheng Guosheng over and said, "I have agreed with Xie Youde that you should go to his place before we break camp.
As for your task, after getting the news, urge him to send troops to support as soon as possible, so your generals should not give stones, you can take them there yourself.
Although I don't think Xie Youde will play any tricks, I can be careful and I can help him make choices when he has to. "
After hearing this, the two expressed their understanding. Afterwards, Li Hao told them some things and asked them to go back and prepare.
Next, the army moved to Hebu, and Li Hao led his army to set off, while Yang Wenyuan and Cheng Guosheng went directly to Xie Youde.
Of course, the announced reason was that two people were needed to purchase supplies, and no one doubted this.
After the army arrived at the river port and set up camp, Li Hao and Gu Tingye waited for news from Shitou to see if there was any sign of the bandit army moving out.
There was no movement for several days, and Li Hao thought that the thieves had no courage to come.
Then he called Gu Tingye and Xu Ning to discuss what to do next, when Shitou came back.
When Shitou entered the camp, he said: "Yesterday, I saw the bandit camp preparing food, grass and weapons. It seems that they will start action soon, so I asked someone to keep an eye on them and then came back to report."
Li Hao was very happy and said, "That's great. I thought they were too timid to go out."
After that, Xu Ning asked Shitou about what he saw in detail. When he heard that the other party had prepared a lot of fire starters, he said, "It seems that they are preparing for a night attack, but this will make it easier."
When Li Hao heard this, he asked curiously: "What good can a night attack do to us?"
Xu Ning explained: “For any night attack, only elite people who can see things at night must be dispatched, and the number of people will not be too large.
In this way, we can quickly deal with them while waiting for work. As long as we create some chaos, the enemy's follow-up troops will definitely not have time to investigate carefully.
We can only follow the attack and try to expand the results. When the time comes, as long as we give a head-on attack, we can buy a lot of time for the friendly forces to come over. "
Li Hao had doubts at this time: "If this is the case, will they lose the first battle and flee immediately. Xie Youde will not be able to keep up by then, and we may not be able to defeat them alone."
Xu Ning said: "Probably not, since we have already come out, we cannot return so easily.
After all, they didn't know that Xie Youde had already prepared. Normally, it would take at least half a day to gather the troops before receiving the news from us.
Therefore, the thieves have enough time to prepare for the second attack. Even if they want to leave, it should be after the second attack. "
After hearing what Xu Ning said, Li Hao felt relieved and asked Xu Ning to go ahead and make arrangements. After all, Li Hao and Gu Tingye had no experience in fighting on the spot.
Xu Ning said before leaving: "I will arrange the arrangements, but I can't hide this news from Zhu Liangzu and the others. When the time comes, they will ask me how to deal with it."
Li Hao said: "If they ask, just tell the truth. If they still have questions, let them come to me directly and I will handle it."
When Xu Ning heard this, he left with peace of mind. Then Li Hao said to Gu Tingye: "Follow Xu Ning and go there to take a look. If there is anything wrong with them, just take it down. You can't let them do it at this time." bad thing."
Gu Tingye agreed and chased Xu Ning.
In the afternoon, as expected, Zhu Liangzu and Sun Hu came to see Li Hao together, and Gu Tingye also followed behind.
Seeing Li Hao, Zhu Liangzu asked: "Master Li, why did I hear that someone is coming to attack the camp soon? Deputy Commander Xu has led his people to set up the attack."
Li Hao replied: "There is indeed a tip saying that there may be thieves coming, but I'm not sure. The preparations are just in case, so I didn't notify them."
Zhu Liangzu was about to speak at this moment, but Sun Hu snatched his words and said, "Since Mr. Li knows that someone may be coming, why not retreat temporarily."
Hearing this, Li Hao sneered and said, "I came here just to suppress the bandits, but I have to retreat when the enemy attacks. What's the point?"
Sun Hu said: "Even if we don't retreat, we should send someone to ask General Xie to come and support us."
Li Hao replied: "I have already sent someone to inform you about this matter. I think General Xie will come to support you soon. You don't have to worry."
But Sun Hu said: "I think it may not work for ordinary people to talk about this. Why don't I go and make a trip? I think reinforcements will come faster."
After hearing this, everyone looked at Sun Hu with a variety of expressions. It was not easy to escape from the battlefield like this.
Li Hao refused and said: "That's no need. The messengers will naturally do the summons, and there is no need for a battalion capital Yuhou to come and run it himself.
And you don't need to worry too much. The Imperial Army is well-equipped, so there's nothing to be afraid of when they fight against thieves who don't know where to start.
If you really don’t believe me, why not come with me? Anyway, I won’t even risk my own life, is that true? "
Seeing that Li Hao had said this, everyone began to accept it. Only Sun Hu, Chen Xian, Hu Hai, and Cao Xing were still writing.
Li Hao then signaled Gu Tingye to come up and speak. Gu Tingye said directly: "Stop talking nonsense. We are in front of the battle now. If you disobey military orders and shake the morale of the army, you will be beheaded. Do you really want to try the power of military law?"
