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Chapter 1277 Will Luo Ru just let you go?
"Uncle, is your wife coming to the front line?" A trace of worry appeared on Sun Shixiang's face.

Yongning Earl Zhang Cheng nodded gently and said, "Chengzu, you should reply to the lady right now. If Huimei is willing, they can become sisters of different surnames. As for raising the baby in the future, you can agree to it for the time being.

The male soldiers of Xiao Chuangying can return to King Chuang, but I have a condition. If they want to go back, they should all go back to me. Don’t send a hundred people today and another hundred people tomorrow to go back. I don’t have that much free time to play with them.

As for whether Madam and Huimei want to come to Kaifeng, it all depends on how many male soldiers are willing to go back to King Chuang's side. However, there is one thing: in order to prevent them from causing trouble, male soldiers are not allowed to possess any weapons. Female soldiers can ride horses, but their weapons must be temporarily confiscated.

In a word, if female soldiers want horses, they have no weapons, and if they keep weapons, they can’t ride horses! ”

Liu Chengzu was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then he replied, "Yes."

"Also, write another letter to Lin Fangping, asking him to take strict precautions, especially when crossing the river. He must be careful and cautious, and not give the Xiaochuangying any chance to cause trouble."

"Yes."

Chen Zhong said at this time: "General, Chen Zhong hasn't paid respects to the mistress for more than a year. Why don't I lead a team of cavalry to the ferry to welcome the mistress..."

"We'll talk about this later."

Earl Yongning didn't want to dwell on this topic too much, and Sun Shixiang on the side naturally noticed this, so he smacked his lips a few times but didn't really say anything.

"Marshal, the people over at Xianggong Temple are almost surrounded to death, right? We have to take countermeasures?" Zhang Guangda didn't care about all the etiquette. When he saw that Zhang Cheng no longer talked about Xiaochuangying, he immediately brought up the battle at Xianggong Temple.

Yongning Earl Zhang Cheng's face straightened, and he said to everyone: "Guangda is right. Our first priority now is how to kill the bandits, and the key lies in the direction of Xianggong Temple."

As he spoke, he glanced at the middle officer Zhang Mingyuan and said, "Mingyuan, please introduce the military situation of the past few days to everyone."

The middle officer Zhang Mingyuan agreed and walked out from the crowd to the map on the left side of the military tent. He first took a thin wooden stick from the side, pointed to the direction on the map, and then introduced the military situation to everyone.

Over the past few days, the rebel army has frequently mobilized its forces, but overall the situation has been shrinking and no major battles have taken place. It has left a cavalry of more than 3,000 men in Liuzhuang and Daguantou for surveillance purposes, and most of the remaining troops have been moved to the vicinity of Xianggong Temple.

At present, Xianggong Temple has been completely surrounded by King Chuang, and they are busy digging trenches. It seems that they have no intention of attacking, but want to surround and trap the government troops in Xianggong Temple!

Less than ten miles south of Xinchengji, there were three large camps of rebel troops lying in front. They were arranged in a V-shape, with the middle camp in front and the two camps on the left and right slightly behind, intending to prevent the government troops from rescuing Xianggong Temple.

"The strategy of surrounding the enemy and attacking the reinforcements!"

The corners of Earl Yongning's mouth showed a hint of ridicule, and he said, "What do you all think? Tell us now. Let's discuss how to fight the battle of Xianggong Temple."

After everyone was silent for a moment, Hu Yiwen spoke first: "As Lord Bo said before, the bandits are thinking of waiting for us to come to their aid, but we are still thinking of attacking the bandits from both inside and outside!
The key here lies in General Chen's White Tiger Camp. It all depends on how long it can hold out under the siege of the bandits, and how much combat power it can exert in the war."

Sun Shixiang also said: "General Chen's White Tiger Camp has sufficient food and grass, a stable water source, and enough gunpowder and artillery shells. The biggest difficulty now is that it is isolated from the inside and outside. The message cannot be transmitted, so we can't agree on the attack time in advance, and it's hard to coordinate with them!"

"That may not be the case." Zhang Guangda said at the right time: "Even if the thieves surround the Xianggong Temple like an iron barrel, it does not necessarily mean that they cannot sneak in. Besides, these things have been discussed in class at the Military Academy. Some things do not need to be agreed upon. If there are changes on the battlefield outside, the White Tiger Camp will naturally respond."

Sun Shixiang had only heard of the name of the Military Academy but had never seen its actual appearance, so it was difficult for him to make a judgment.

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However, since he joined the army to fight, he did give some courses in the Officer Training Corps, but what he talked about were the topography and customs of Henan, as well as some contents from military books.

The Officers Training Corps was a new institution established by Zhang Cheng, the Earl of Yongning. In wartime, a group of young middle and lower-level officers were selected from officers above the rank of major, and every month they would be led by deputy captains from various departments to attend lectures in the corps for three days.

According to the regulations, the "Officer Training Corps" can only be set up in the central military headquarters of Earl Yongning, and other camps are not allowed to set up such institutions privately. Earl Yongning must ensure that all middle and lower-level officers must learn from him, and can only learn from him!
Zhang Cheng knew very well that people of this era attached great importance to their own teacher-student factions, because it could bind them together and form a stable interest group.

In fact, Earl Yongning did not necessarily forbid the various battalions from teaching their own officers. It was just that when his personal prestige was not enough to control it and the entire military and political power was not completely concentrated in his hands, he would never allow this phenomenon to happen.

This is to prevent a new faction from forming within the Yongyi Army, which would endanger the internal unity of the entire Yongyi Army in the future. If such a thing really happened, all his efforts over the years would be in vain!

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In the central military headquarters of the Earl of Yongning, after everyone discussed for a while, the topic turned to the deployment of troops from various units.

Someone suggested transferring Wang Pu and Li Fuming's troops back to Xinchengji so that they could concentrate their forces to deal with the Chuang army. However, there was no consensus on how to deploy the two battalions of Yongyi Army soldiers in Liuzhuang and Daguantou.

"Don't move the troops of Wang Pu and Li Fuming for now."

When everyone heard that Earl Yongning had spoken, they stopped arguing about the topic.

However, Hu Yiwen asked, "Master, are you worried that Luo Rucai might be cheating?"

"Be careful in everything!"

Zhang Cheng, the Earl of Yongning, continued, "Although Luo Rucai's Caoying bandits have entered the territory of Guide Prefecture, they still have nearly 10,000 elite cavalry. If there is a trick here, they can rush back to Kaifeng at any time. We must be on guard."

Liu Chengzu then bravely asked, "In this case, aren't General Xu and Liu Yuchi 'sheep walking into the tiger's mouth'?"

"I'm not afraid of this."

Yongning Bo just smiled and said nothing, while Sun Shixiang stroked his beard and said: "According to the scouts' report, Luo Rucai's Cao camp seems to have ambushed the pursuers of the rebels and killed and wounded many of them. It seems that they really want to break away from the rebels."

"Then Mr. Sun, do you think Luo Rucai will surrender?" Liu Chengzu asked.

"This... it's hard to say now!"