Northern Dynasties

Yang Zhong's performance was as stable as ever. On the second day after Li Tai arrived in Yiyang, the news that all three passes had been conquered came from the south.Afterwards, Yang Zhong and Quan Jingxuan went north quickly and came to Yiyang to join them.

In Yiyang City, when Yang Zhong heard Li Tai's Huainan plan, he clapped his hands and praised: "If it weren't for the genius of the general manager, who would have come up with such a wonderful plan to defeat the enemy?"

Compared with his past operations, Li Tai didn't think this plan was too surprising, but after hearing Yang Zhong's praise, he immediately became proud. At the same time, he couldn't help but feel secretly in his heart. Sure enough, common cause is the catalyst for men's friendship. .Ever since he came to work with him in the south, especially after Kding Handong, Yang Zhong's attitude towards him has become more and more lively and enthusiastic.

Quan Jingxuan was born in Longyou, and Li Tai's family also has many children from Longyou, so although they don't work together, they know Li Tai's style quite well through the descriptions of relatives and friends, but after hearing these plans this time, they still have to endure it. He couldn't help sighing: "Daxingtai knows how to use people well, and the southeast's great mission is imposed on the envoy, the turmoil is not enough! If you can really kill Murong Shaozong in Huainan, although Duke Yingchuan has fallen into the enemy's country, he will be happy to hear the news! "

No matter how good the plan is, it always depends on how it is executed.Since none of the generals objected, he began to assign tasks.

First of all, he planned to lead a part of the elite troops to hold Xia Houqiang's appointment token, pretend to be Yiyang's defeated army and go straight to Shouyang, capture Shouyang first, and then send a letter to Murong Shaozong in the name of Wang Xiangui to lure him to the south. While organizing and preparing for the Shouyang battlefield.

As for Yang Zhong and others, they led most of the troops to slow down and made a posture of attacking Huainan on a large scale, creating a sense of urgency and panic for all parties in Huainan, and at the same time creating an illusion of time waiting for Murong Shaozong. Urge him to speed up and go to the Huainan battlefield.

However, after hearing the specific details of the operation, Yang Zhong, who was full of praise before, shook his head and waved his hands and refused: "Listen to this plan, consciously advancing Shouyang is not a must for the general manager, and the southeast plan is all about the general manager. One can choose other people to do it for you, and the other is the only choice, which is more important, the general manager should see clearly. Please lead the front to Shouyang, and the general manager will lead the army slowly behind!"

"However, for those who enter Shouyang first, there are still many detailed and important tasks that need to be assigned. If they are not deployed properly, I am afraid that it will hinder the plan."

Li Tai is not addicted to risk, but there are still many details that need to be arranged when going to Shouyang. If the arrangements are not in place, it may affect the final direction of the war. He is still a little worried if he leaves it to others .

After Yang Zhong heard the words, he clasped his fists again and said: "But please give the general's general affairs detailed instructions. If the general fails to execute, he is willing to be dealt with by the military law!"

Hearing that Yang Zhong insisted on asking for a fight, Li Tai also knew that he was not greedy for merit, but that he really didn't want himself, the general, to risk his life again, and he probably had a few points left to take care of and help him on behalf of Duguxin, the old boss. mean.

After thinking about it, Li Tai nodded and agreed.Yang Zhong is a steady and brave man, and he has been in Nanliang for a long time. He has very rich experience in personnel affairs. As long as he carefully explains the matters that need to be paid attention to, his performance on the spot may not be worse than himself.

So he screened the others away first, leaving only Yang Zhong in the hall, and carefully explained the coping and attention to the different situations that he faced after arriving in Shouyang, and nearly an hour passed without knowing it. It was time to end the conversation.

When Yang Zhong went out, although everyone didn't dare to inquire about the secrets rashly, they were all curious about what Li Tai had confessed to him.Especially when they saw that Yang Zhong, who usually showed no signs of expression, was still quite surprised after leaving the straight hall, and they couldn't help but feel more curious.

But Yang Zhong didn't stay here to accept everyone's inquiries, but went straight to the camp to select soldiers to go to Shouyang first.This trip is still a wise move, soldiers are not expensive in numbers but in elites, Yang Zhong carefully selected among the battalions, and soon gathered [-] soldiers.

However, these soldiers can be seen to be capable at a glance, and they really don't look like defeated soldiers.So Yang Zhong selected more than 200 Han barbarian captives from the remnants of the Xiahou family who were willing to cooperate and perform crimes and meritorious deeds. Together with Gao Le, who was appointed by Li Tai as Yang Zhong's deputy, he formed his troops for Shouyang this time. Wu.

Without further ado, after selecting the troops and sorting out the luggage, Yang Zhong collected the token of Xiahou Qiang delivered by Li Tai, and the group mounted their horses and left the city, heading east.

Li Tai, who stayed in Yiyang, was not idle either, and also began to prepare for the departure of the army.This time, he was going to advance by land and water, and he assumed the posture of a large army pressing down on the border. He needed to bring all the more than [-] troops here.

However, Yiyang, an important town and retreat route, cannot be completely undefended, so 2000 troops have to be dispatched from Mianbei, and Zhao Gang is responsible for guarding here.At least it must be ensured that when Murong Shaozong divides his troops to harass, or other forces invade, he can defend the city and repel the invading enemies.

Because Xia Houqiang collected a lot of equipment and supplies when he was in charge here, there were nearly a hundred ships of all sizes.

There are more than 20 warships, warships, and speedboats commonly used in water warfare, and there are also two large ships as the main force of water warfare, but one of them looks dilapidated and in dire condition. Can you come back.

As for other ships used for various functions such as connecting, carrying, beach grabbing, etc., they are all available.Li Tai only realized that there are so many types of boats when he was inspecting the water camp. In his impression, a boat has sides and bottoms and can carry people across the river.Now it seems that this understanding is really shallow.

Although so many warships save Li Tai the trouble of raising funds, in fact, he doesn't even know how to organize the fleet to form a combat unit and set off in an orderly manner. Fortunately, there is another Nanliang general Liu Fanggui Come with the army.

Liu Fanggui may not have the qualifications of a famous general in water warfare, but as a diligent old official who worked all the way from the grassroots to the top in Xiangyang City, he is of course very proficient in the basic organizational principles of water warfare. Based on the existing boats and ships, he proposed Several formation modes.

For the opinions put forward by professionals, Li Tai has always respected and humbly adopted them. After understanding the characteristics of several formations in detail, he chose one of them, which is more moderate and has both offensive and defensive formations.Although the target of the water battle was Murong Shaozong, he did not underestimate the enemy just because of this.

"I would like to report to the general manager, the [-] shi of rations required for this trip, some horse supplies, armour, equipment and staff, etc. have all been counted, and the documents are here. Please review and approve."

Taking advantage of Li Tai's formation of the boat division, Zhao Gang has already sorted out the food and supplies needed for the army to go to battle, and asked Li Tai to check it.

Li Tai was convinced of Zhao Gang's ability. He took the accounting book and flipped through it, pointing to a young man behind Zhao Gang with a smile and saying, "This son is Zhao Cheqi, a junior in the household? He joined the army at such a young age." With experience, it seems that Zhao Cheqi has high hopes for him."

After Zhao Gang heard the words, he was taken aback for a moment, then looked behind him, then laughed, raised his hand and pulled the young man behind him to explain: "The manager misunderstood, this young man Han San is not the last general in the household." He is not a son, but a talent acquired in Liyang City a few days ago.

He was originally a descendant of the Huai family, but due to a sudden change in his hometown, he was exiled outside and buried among the barbarians. When he followed the barbarians to visit Liyang, he presented the good medicine rhubarb he had hidden.At the end of the day, he saw that his speech and speech did not seem like barbarians, but after a little inspection, he found that he was quite talented.When the general manager looked at the books, he half handed them out. "

After Li Tai heard this, he was suddenly curious, and looked up and down the boy.

The young man has been with the army for many days, and has seen Li Tai's various majestic postures. At this time, he was a little embarrassed to be scrutinized. Moved to Huainan. Hou Jingni relocated to Shouyang, the place was ravaged by rebellious soldiers, the eldest brother lost in Huaibei, and the second brother was killed by thieves to cover his humble position..."

Hearing the young man's self-reported life experience, Li Tai also felt quite sympathetic, so he said a few words of comfort in a warm voice. After hearing the words, the young Han Xie bowed deeply to the tunnel: "The low-ranking eavesdropping chief will march in Huainan, please be able to serve as a guide in the army. There are still relatives left..."

Li Tai didn't plan on Huainan's trip for a long time, but after hearing the young man's sad words, he pondered for a while and then came up with a few math problems, and it took Han Xie a short time to solve them all.

He inquired again, only to find out that this young man's family education is such that he has experience and talent for summarizing, distributing and calculating materials.He is in such a position now that the people he deals with are all old guys, but he is still young, and he still prefers to work with young people.

Zhao Gang brought the young man by his side with the intention of cultivating him. Seeing that Li Tai appreciated him at this time, he was happy to see his success, but he said to Han Xie: "You can be a manager. It can be said that you have a bright future. Don’t be self-sufficient because of this, now you are rewarded for being young and smart, but if you don’t know how to grow your talents and learn the scriptures, you will inevitably end up as an old official and can’t be used much!”

Hearing Zhao Gang's exhortation, Li Tai couldn't help feeling that he really liked this young man surnamed Han, and his teaching was very reasonable.

After hearing this, Han Xie also quickly paid homage to Zhao Gang and said: "In this humble position, I must remember Zhao Chaoqi's teachings and live up to Chaoqi's support and support!"

After preparing for the battle in Yiyang City, on the third day after Yang Zhong and his party set off, Li Tai led the army down the Huai River.

Thanks to the transport capacity provided by the boat brigade, land troops can travel lightly, and [-] fine riders can go along the river, and they can even leave the Huai River and go deep into Huainan to investigate the situation. On the way, the gates of the cities were closed, and the bandits fled on the way.

At the same time, the front team led by Yang Zhong arrived in Shouyang very smoothly without any setbacks along the way, and began to operate according to Li Tai's instructions.