My younger brother Lü Fengxian

Chapter 280: Disagreement between General and Commander
"Name?"

Everyone's heart was moved when they heard the words, and then they all showed excitement.

Although Lu Yi now has many soldiers and generals under his command, the only famous one is the Thousand Formation Army led by Commander Gao Shun.

The other soldiers had been envious of this for a long time.

However, the Xianzhen Camp was appointed by Lü Yi himself, and Gao Shun and the Xianzhen Camp had indeed made many contributions, so everyone could only suppress their jealousy and dissatisfaction in their hearts.

Now seeing that Lu Yi finally remembered this matter, they couldn't help but get excited and looked at Lu Yi excitedly, wondering which unit would be the next to receive the honor.

"Take the flag!"

At Lu Yi's command, Gao Lan immediately took out five large flags with different patterns printed on them with a respectful look.

"Appoint Lu Bu as the commander of the Heavenly Wolf Camp, and Wei Xu as his deputy commander, to lead a thousand officers and soldiers of this headquarters, and bestow the Heavenly Wolf Flag!"

"Thank you, Lord, for giving me the flag!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Bu and Wei Xu immediately came to Lu Yi with excitement, knelt on one knee respectfully, and took the flag given by Lu Yi with both hands.

On the flag, there is a lifelike, bloodthirsty wolf howling at the sky, which is very majestic.

"Appoint Gao Shun as the commander of the Xianzhen Camp, and Song Xian as the deputy commander, with 1,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and grant them the Xianzhen Flag!"

"Appoint Cheng Lian as the commander of the Yanbei Camp, and Cao Xing as his deputy commander, with 1,000 soldiers in charge, and grant them the Yanbei flag!"

"Appoint Zhang Xun as the commander of the Xiaoyao Camp, and Hou Cheng as his deputy commander, commanding a thousand soldiers of the Zhang clan, and bestow the Xiaoyao flag!"

"As for the last battalion, it is led by this Lord himself, known as the Flying Tigers, with the deputy commander Gao Lan leading the Flying Tiger flag himself!"

Everyone who was pointed out by Lu Yi looked excited and thrilled.

Today, the generals under Lu Yi's command are all young men around 20 years old. They are vigorous and brave.

In the past few years, under the leadership of Lu Yi, they have won one victory after another and created one undefeated record after another.

After several years of training, everyone is eager to make progress and full of vigor.

Now Lu Yi has bestowed them with soldiers and titles, which makes them feel infinitely honored in their hearts, and even their chests are straighter than before.

Even Zhang, who had a special and semi-independent status under Lu Yi, had no complaints about Lu Yi's arrangement of the Zhang family's children.

Zhang and Lu Yi are deeply tied together.

As long as the legitimate son Lu Tong can grow up smoothly, he will definitely be Lu Yi's successor, and the status of the Zhang family will also rise and become the second largest force under Lu Yi.

What's more, the Zhang family was originally just a declining family that lived in hiding. According to original history, they had to wait until the young Zhang Liao grew up before they could restore the family's reputation.

Now, relying on Lu Yi's support, the Zhang family is no less powerful than their ancestor, the Nie family. The enemy, the Huns, has been basically beaten half to death by Lu Yi, so there is no need to guard against the Huns anymore. If it weren't for the serious consequences of changing the name, the Zhang family could have changed back to their ancestral surname.

Now, Zhang Xun, the actual person in charge of the Zhang family, is full of admiration for his brother-in-law. Not to mention that Lu Yi can allow them to exist in a semi-independent form, even if Lu Yi wants the Zhang family to completely give up their autonomy and be completely incorporated into Lu Yi's command, Zhang Xun will not say a word.

Lu Yi was naturally aware of this, but although he trusted Zhang, he would not be without any countermeasures.

Hou Cheng had followed him for many years. Although he had always been ranked below Lu Bu, Gao Shun and Cheng Lian, he was smarter than Song Xian and Wei Xu.

This man is loyal and intelligent. If he is placed beside Zhang Xun as a deputy general, he can also be a good restraint on him.

If Zhang Xun is loyal, then Hou Cheng will naturally be a very good deputy general and will assist Zhang Xun wholeheartedly. If Zhang Xun is really not content, Lu Yi will not be completely helpless.

"We thank the Lord for bestowing the title on you, and we will definitely live up to the title you bestowed on us today!"

After taking over the flag, all the generals bowed before Lu Yi, with excitement and excitement still lingering on their faces.

"it is good!"

"This trip to Mo Nan is a good opportunity to verify your oath. I will keep an eye on you!"

Lu Yi looked at the group of young faces in front of him, smiled and nodded.

After arranging the military generals, Lu Yi pushed out Tian Feng and Chen Gong, who were beside him, in public.

"We also appoint Mr. Yuan Hao and Gong Tai as our military advisors. Mr. Yuan Hao is the left military advisor, and Gong Tai is the right military advisor!"

"Thank you for your trust, Lord. We two will definitely live up to your trust!"

Tian Feng and Chen Gong naturally would not refuse. Upon hearing this, they bowed deeply to Lu Yi and accepted the position of military advisor.

Chen Gong had been under his command for many days, and all the generals were aware of his talents and abilities, and most of them were convinced by Lu Yi's arrangement of Chen Gong as military advisor.

However, when they heard that Lu Yi had appointed Tian Feng, who had just surrendered less than ten days ago, as his military advisor, the other generals began to question it.

Lu Bu, who had already been rejected several times by Tian Feng, became even more unhappy. He snorted coldly and turned his head away, pretending not to hear anything.

Seeing this, Lu Yi couldn't help but frown.

Being familiar with history, he naturally knew Tian Feng's abilities, but the generals at the moment were not aware of it. However, he could not tell the generals directly about this, and even if he did, they would probably find it difficult to believe it.

But he changed his mind and thought that with Tian Feng's ability, he would be like gold that will shine one day. By then, after seeing Tian Feng's true ability, the generals would have a greatly changed opinion of him.

However, we cannot just leave it alone for now. Even if we use our authority to suppress them and endorse Tian Feng, it is better than letting these people commit the big taboo of arrogance and disobey orders at the critical moment and causing big mistakes.

"Listen!"

"From now on, the orders of the two military advisors are my orders. Generals must not neglect or shirk their responsibilities, otherwise I will punish you severely!"

The generals were shocked by Lu Yi's serious tone. Even though they still disagreed with Tian Feng, they did not dare to show their dissatisfaction.

After the names and flags were given, the troops were reorganized in disguise.

"We will take a day off today, and we will march south of the desert tomorrow. We are determined to put down the Xiongnu rebellion in the south of the desert!"

As soon as Lu Yi made his announcement, auxiliary soldiers and civilians immediately brought out the wine and meat that had been prepared long ago.

Lu Yi obtained a lot of cattle and sheep this year. Even after slaughtering them for half a year, there were still more than ten thousand left, which was enough for the army to enjoy.

The soldiers had just received honors, and now they had wine and meat to eat and drink, and the atmosphere was even more heated.

They will be heading to the battlefield tomorrow, and Lu Yi does not forbid the soldiers from having fun and relaxing. After all, there will definitely be many of them who will not be able to return to Pingcheng alive. Therefore, they just need to know their limits and not miss tomorrow's expedition.

However, Lu Yi declined the toasts from the generals and took Tian Feng and Chen Gong back to his mansion to continue discussing the arrangements for tomorrow's expedition.

As the commander, others can have fun and relax, but he cannot slack off at all.

Now he holds the lives and deaths of 100,000 men in his hands. If his negligence causes additional and unnecessary casualties among the 5,000 soldiers who follow him into battle, he will naturally be held responsible.

Lu Yi had already reported the matter of sending troops to the court through Zhang Xun and obtained the approval of Emperor Ling.

However, he did not report the truth to the court. He concealed his actual military strength and only said that he would lead the 1,000 soldiers temporarily recruited in Yanmen Pass and the 1,000 Han soldiers of Lu Bu's Yanmen Pass to go out of the border together.

The imperial court did not take the 2,000-strong army seriously, including 1,000 civilians. They even asked Lu Yi to prepare the baggage himself.

However, this was exactly what Lu Yi wanted. If Liu Hong really wanted to send officials to supervise the army and distribute food and wages, Lu Yi would have a headache about corrupting and winning over these people.

The current quiet development is exactly what he wants.

The next morning, Lu Yi led an army of 4,000 with 6,000 auxiliary soldiers and civilians to swear to go to war, leaving only Cheng Lian's Yanbei Camp and the right military advisor Chen Gong to guard the base camp in Pingcheng.

This 10,000-man army only seemed to account for one-tenth of the number of troops under Lu Yi.

However, in order to supply such an army, Lu Yi's funds were almost emptied.

This is also the reason why Lu Yi’s army is now composed entirely of cavalry, and the main food and grass will be obtained by fighting to support the war.

Otherwise, if the number of infantry is the same and they have to bear all the food and fodder themselves, then the number of auxiliary troops and baggage will have to be at least several times higher. Without several times more civilians to transport food and fodder, it would be impossible to sustain the army's expedition.

Even if Lu Yi mobilized all his 100,000 settlers, it would be difficult to maintain it.

This is also the reason why Lu Yi decided to streamline the military and government from the very beginning.

Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao and others each had hundreds of thousands of soldiers at their peak, but they were always trapped by food and supplies at critical moments.

They either ate tree bark or dug up wild grass, and some even went so far as to make human flesh into jerky as military rations.

Lu Yi would naturally not make such a warmongering mistake.

The cavalry led the way, and their speed was far superior to that of the infantry.

One can travel sixty miles in a day.

If necessary, a hundred miles a day can still be maintained.

Within ten days, he led his army deep into the southern desert.

Zuo Xian Wang, He Xutuo and others, who also learned of Lu Yi's return, came to pay their respects.

Over the past six months, they have been fighting with Jiang Qu because of Lu Yi's instigation, and they are almost on the verge of a fight.

Although Zuo Xian Wang and Jiang Qu both knew that this was Lu Yi's plan.

But Lu Yi’s cleverness lies in the fact that he used an open strategy.

Unless Zuo Xian Wang and Jiang Qu stop fighting and work together, they can defeat Lu Yi's conspiracy.

However, because of the position of the Great Khan of the Xiongnu, the two men wanted to tear each other into pieces, so how could they be willing to stop fighting?
Even without Lu Yi's instigation, there would be a fight between the two.

It’s just that the war was not as long and severe as it is now.

Therefore, even though Zuo Xian Wang hated Lu Yi in his heart, he could only put on a forced smile to welcome Lu Yi's arrival.

Although Lu Yi's 4,000 Bingzhou cavalry and 6,000 auxiliary troops were slightly less numerous than the allied forces, they were more powerful than them.

As long as Lu Yi wanted, he could even directly eliminate Zuo Xian Wang and others.

Faced with such a powerful man, if it weren't for the blood oath between Lu Yi and Zuo Xian Wang, Zuo Xian Wang might even have been so scared that he fled away.

However, unlike Zuo Xian Wang, Lu Yi's father-in-law He Xutuo and Lu Yi's secret agent Qin Han were very happy about Lu Yi's arrival.

Lu Yi is their big backer. Now that Lu Yi is here, the two of them have to be more confident when speaking in the alliance.

The other princes generally welcomed Lu Yi's arrival.

After all, Jiang Qu was the legitimate Huns Khan and had a righteous purpose, and his own alliance was not solid, so in the more than half a year of fighting, he always came up short.

If it weren't for Lu Yi's secret arrangement, He Xutuo and Qin Han would have fought Jiang Qu with all their might at the critical moment.

Maybe the alliance had already been destroyed by Jiang Qu.

Now that Lu Yi has arrived, the balance of power between the two forces has immediately changed.

The originally weak alliance army suddenly turned the situation around and its military strength immediately surpassed Jiang Qu, so the princes felt more confident.

After Lu Yi led Tian Feng, Lu Bu and others to follow Zuo Xian Wang back to the alliance camp.

King Zuo Xian actually gave up the position that symbolized the leader of the alliance and wanted to make Lu Yi the leader of the alliance.

However, it was Lu Yi's secret arrangement to let Zuo Xian Wang be the leader of the alliance. Now his plan has not been completed yet, and Zuo Xian Wang is still of some use. Therefore, Lu Yi did not obey the order, but still regarded himself as the deputy leader of the alliance.

Moreover, in order to avoid suspicion from Zuo Xian Wang and others, he and Zhang Xun pretended to be incompatible since they entered the alliance, creating the illusion that there was a gap between the two sides. Zuo Xian Wang immediately understood what he meant, and after a grand bonfire party held on the day to celebrate Lu Yi's arrival, he sneaked into Zhang Xun's tent, and after paying a lot of price, he reached some kind of agreement with Zhang Xun, the governor of Bingzhou who represented the court.

In order to make this happen, Lu Yi got drunk, which was a rare occurrence for him. He then hugged two women from Zuo Xian Wang's tribe who were sent by Zuo Xian Wang to monitor him and had a profound and easy-to-understand conversation all night long.

Sure enough, after receiving the report from the two eunuchs who returned the next day, King Zuo was overjoyed, thinking that he had concealed the secret from Lu Yi.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xun is also Lu Yi's man.

Not only that, his sister Zhang Wan'er was Lu Yi's legal wife.

If Zuo Xian Wang knew this, he would definitely not pay such a huge price to win over Zhang Xun.

Although Hexutuo and Qin Han knew about it, they naturally would not betray Lu Yi.

On the second day, the alliance held a meeting to discuss matters.

King Zuo Xian wanted to use Lu Yi to deplete Jiang Qu's strength, so he insisted on going into battle and even used words to force Lu Yi to be the vanguard.

Another deputy ally Zhang Xun, who had received many benefits from him, would naturally cheer for Zuo Xian Wang, forcing Lu Yi to be furious.

Zuo Xian Wang and Zhang Xun, one used an alliance to force Lu Yi, while the other used an imperial edict from the court and Emperor Ling that did not exist.

The two men pressed him in turn, and at Lu Yi's instruction, He Xutuo and Qin Han stood by and watched.

As a result, in the big tent, although Lu Yi had a large number of troops under his command, he was still forced to be the vanguard and take the lead in attacking Jiang Qu.

Otherwise, he would be a traitor who violated the alliance and a rebel who disobeyed the orders of the court.

In the end, Lu Yi could only use the excuse that the soldiers had just arrived in the south of the desert and were not used to the climate and water there, and hoped to delay the attack for three days to rest.

Zuo Xian Wang, who thought he had successfully plotted against Lu Yi, was so proud that he reluctantly agreed to Lu Yi's request.

At the same time, the information about the discord between the deputy leader of the alliance, Lü Yi, and the leader, Zuo Xian Wang, was immediately presented to the tent of the Xiongnu king's court by the spies sent by Jiang Qu in the alliance...

(End of this chapter)