Chapter 472 Chapter 475
Shen Mu lay down on the couch, looking out of the small window next to him from his angle, he could see a small piece of peaceful starry sky.

He deeply felt that in order to defeat the enemy, he must first defeat himself.Before the Cijian battle that day, he figured this out and regained his confidence and fighting spirit. Although he was defeated by Li Shimin's extraordinary means and left in the end, he still fought vigorously against Li Jun, who was intimidating the world, and he was not inferior .

Now the Young Marshal is in a worse situation than Wang Shichong, struggling to survive under exhaustion, but if he doesn't cheer himself up, who will come to pity his Young Marshal.

Since his debut, he has been fighting against adversity and cultivated an indomitable fighting spirit.But it's up to man to plan, and it's up to God to make things happen.The key to the success or failure of the strategy and strategy he came up with to deal with Li Zitong was a bit of luck, once Li Zitong stood still, he would be helpless.

But he is still full of confidence in his plan, because after many contacts, he has already figured out Li Zitong's character.

As long as he can grasp Zhongli in his hands, half of Jiangdu will already be in his hands.

How I wish that with Xu Ziling by his side, he could pour out his worries and discuss with each other.But now he can only suffer silently by himself, and he has to show confidence in front of his subordinates. This is the hardship of being the supreme leader.

Before dawn, Shen Mu galloped wildly outside the city with his horse and eagle.Love horses and love eagles have become his closest companions on the battlefield, and if they have an extra pair of feet and eyes looking down at the earth from high altitude, they will be his most loyal comrades in arms.

He let Wuming fly freely in the air, and Wuming, who had received strict training, would only take food from his hands, and the enemy would not poison him with bait.

When returning to the city, Xuan Yong and Luo Qifei met him outside the city.

Luo Qifei said solemnly: "Guancheng guard Guo Qing finally surrendered to Li Shiji, cutting off the connection between Hulao and Zhengzhou's first-line Zheng army, putting Xingyang and Zhengzhou in danger."

Shen Mu's expression changed: "Isn't Guo Qing's wife Wang Shichong's niece? Why did she surrender without a fight?"

Xuan Yongdao: "Li Shiji sent Guo Xiaoluo, the number one counselor under his command, to see Guo Qing with a letter of persuasion to analyze the situation in the world, and to find out the advantages and disadvantages. Guo Qing finally persuaded him, but his wife committed suicide after her persuasion failed."

Shen Mu sighed, and said, "Hulao lost too fast! What should Wang Xuan do?"

Luo Qifei said: "Wang Xuanying led the army to recover Guancheng, Li Shiji sent his army to intercept him halfway, the two armies couldn't win, it seems that Wang Xuanying can only retreat without success."

Shen Mu was stunned and said: "Wang Xuanying is Li Shiji's opponent. Li Shiji only defends and does not attack. He wants to reduce casualties, because he is confident that after controlling the city, he can surrender Xingyang and Zhengzhou without a single soldier, and isolate the tiger prison."

Xuan Yongdao: "What should we do now?"

Shen Mu managed to pull himself together, digested the bad news, and said in a deep voice, "Immediately notify Duke Yang to retreat here, and the itinerary must be kept absolutely secret, because his five thousand brothers will be our secret weapon to capture Zhongli. , I promise to give Li Zitong a surprise."

Luo Qifei said: "We can use the airship to transport Duke Yang's army in batches at night. It should be safe from people's eyes and ears. Give me ten days to place them in a nearby secret location."

Shen Mu said: "That's it! The fake retreat must be carried out immediately, and Li Zitong will think that we see the situation is not good and want to escape. Have you come up with a detailed plan for this?"

Xuan Yong smiled wryly and said: "The plan is not too few but too many. The young marshal asked us to go back and think about it. In the end, everyone came up with a plan, and the young marshal has to make a decision."

Shen Mu felt a big headache, thinking that this is the suffering of the leader, but on the surface he laughed and said: "Let's go back and hold a meeting immediately."

At the meeting, everyone expressed their own opinions. Some people proposed to pretend to be evacuated, but actually sneaked into the secret place secretly;

Summarizing the opinions of all parties, no one supports a large-scale march and mobilization, allowing the young commander's army to cross the country of the young commander from Liangdu in the western border, and arrive at Donghai County near the sea.

Only Xu Xingzhi and Xuan Yong laughed and said nothing.

Ren Meimei said: "Liangdu is located at the key point of the canal. Garrisoning heavy troops can not only meet the enemies coming from the north or south along the canal, but also support the towns in the north and south. If we really lose our troops, it will affect the survival of our young commander country. Liangdu Unlike Jiangdu and Luoyang, fortified cities, if the enemy is well prepared, only 5 to [-] people can lay siege to Liangdu, and attack day and night, then we will lose our ground and our army will be in chaos."

Bu Tianzhi also said: "If Li Zi's troops attack from different directions, and our army is exhausted due to the long journey, and the enemy's strength is several times that of ours, we will be powerless to fight back and just sit back and watch the cities fall one by one. Therefore, The best thing to do is to cheat soldiers. It can also meet the requirements of the young commander."

Shen Mu secretly sighed in his heart, the opinions of all the generals are based on being steady and steady, not daring to take risks, and the reasons they put forward are all reasonable, and the reason behind it all is that the Young Commander Kingdom was established by them alone. I have just made some achievements, so I cherish it very much.But war is cruel. It is a game of seeing who will suffer more damage. It is like playing chess, giving up one to win the other. The focus is not on the success or failure of one corner, but the overall victory or defeat.

Except for Xuan Yong, all the generals have never participated in large-scale wars, and most of them are gang leaders. Of course, they don't always focus on the overall situation like him.

Shen Mu smiled and said to Xuan Yong: "What do you think?"

Xuan Yongsu Rong said: "Now we are in a difficult situation, and we must use extraordinary means to break through the difficulties. Li Zitong fought with Du Fuwei and Shen Faxing for a long time, and he was still able to protect the river. It can be seen that he is not someone who can easily deceive. In my heart, handsome is an extraordinary person, and only extraordinary people have extraordinary methods, and all subordinates follow the orders of the young commander."

For the first time, Shen Mu discovered that his chief general has another advantage besides the two advantages of being brave and calm and steady, that is, knowing how to cooperate with him as the supreme leader, so that his words have more weight in the midst of divergent opinions.In fact, Shen Mu still hasn't figured out how to express his opinion without hurting his subordinates.

Xu Xingzhi happily said: "Xuanzhen's words are true, whether it is the battle of Liyang or Cijian, the young commander always won the battle with strange troops. When it comes to using strange troops, I am afraid that no one in the world can defeat the young commander."

All the generals showed a sincere and convinced look, because what the false deeds said was a fact recognized by the world.From the battle of defending the city at Jingling, defeating Yu Wenhuaji, defeating Li Mi, and gaining supremacy outside the Great Wall, to the two recent famous battles mentioned by Xu Xingzhi, Shen Mu has established his invincible reputation.However, the reputation of "invincible" is not always reliable. If Li Mi loses all the chips in one shop, the situation they are facing now is even more ominous.

Chen Changlin said respectfully: "We are just expressing our opinions, and of course the young marshal will decide in the end."

Shen Mu laughed and said, "Chang Lin doesn't have to be so polite with me, we are brothers, so naturally there is a need for discussion. Ha!"

After a pause, he said calmly: "We have the same goal, only the means to achieve it are slightly different. Now Li Zitong has a high fortress and a deep city, and he keeps his troops out of the way, making it impossible for us to attack, and also impossible to defend. According to Sun Tzu's Art of War, you must attack the place where he must be rescued, so that he can come here empty. The place where we must save him is that if the situation is critical, our young commander will abandon Pengliang and retreat to Lingnan. This is Li Shimin It will never be allowed to happen. And because time is running out, Luoyang City is about to fall, so we only have one chance to deceive Li Zitong. It seems unwise to labor the army, but if we regard this as an opportunity for marching exercises, we will kill two birds with one stone. Use troops The first thing is to march. Even if the army is trained to be as good as the fingers at the school outside the city, a team that has never tried a long-distance march is still not an elite. As for how to deal with Li Zitong's surprise attack, this will be another problem. The immediate task, It is to lead Li Zitong to come out from behind the high wall, and to save him. Yang Gong's army is my Shen Mu's surprise army, as for the details, we will discuss it carefully."

These words were sonorous and forceful, and everyone understood his intentions, trusted his judgment even more, and had no objections.

Shen Mu couldn't help but miss Xu Ziling, it never took much effort to talk to him, there was no need to repeat such a simple matter like the one in front of him.It can also be seen that no matter the general or the soldiers, his young commander is still not useful, and Li Zitong is the best object for him to train soldiers.

One day, under his careful cultivation, his young commander's army will become an invincible army that will rule the world.

Luo Qifei said: "I just received the news that Chang'an came. Li Mi was ordered by Tang Lord Li Yuan to go to Shandong to appease the old troops. Wang Bodang and others were accompanying him. On the way, he received Li Yuan's order and ordered Li Mi to return to Chang'an alone. Discussing the matter, I didn't know that Li Mi refused to return and continued eastward, but was beheaded by the Tang army's pursuers."

Shen Mu thought it was such a coincidence, just as he thought of Li Mi, he heard the news of Li Mi's death.

Everyone in the Young Marshal's hall showed shocking expressions, and there was a lot of discussion, some regretted his fate and sighed.

Li Mi gathered in Wagang, a unique branch in the Central Plains, and was likely to replace the Sui Dynasty. Unfortunately, he made continuous mistakes. First, he killed Zhai Rang and split the Wagang Army. He used troops against Wang Shichong, but was defeated by Shen Mu in Beimang, and he abandoned Li Shiji in Liyang to defect to Datang, causing the disaster of today's death.

Tears welled up in Xuan Yong's eyes, and he said in a trembling voice: "The spirit of the big dragon head is in the sky, you can rest in peace!"

Shen Mu asked casually: "How is Uncle Wang going?"

Luo Qifei said: "I heard that Wang Bodang not only did not accompany Li Mi to death, but he was not convicted."

Shen Mu lost his voice and said: "What?" He was the one who witnessed the situation at that time, so how could Wang Bodang avoid it?Unless he is an internal assassin who had an affair with Li Yuan.

Seeing that Shen Mu was concerned about this matter, Luo Qifei continued to report: "Li Yuan sent Wei Zheng and Li Mi's head to Heyin to appease Li Shiji, and Shen Luoyan was with him to show Li Yuan's trust in Li Shiji."

Shen Mu said to Xuan Yong: "Immediately report this news to the eldest lady in the fastest way, she will be very pleased."

Xuanyong was busy with people to do it.

Then everyone discussed the details of the march, and Shen Mu finally discovered that the biggest weakness of his young commander's army was the lack of experienced personnel who were good at army logistics.

The logistics supply of the army is determined by two major conditions, namely its own productivity and the deployment of transportation. When the army is on an expedition to other places, the supply of military supplies and food and salaries directly affects the success or failure of the expeditionary army.It is not a big problem for Turkic people to rob wherever they go, and to support war with war, but he, Shen Mu, can't do that.

Logistical supply can be divided into three aspects: military supply, local supply and dedicated line supply.

Supplies with the army means relying on the military materials carried by the army for emergency supplies, and the transport and storage are carried out by the heavy soldiers.In his young commander's army, the troops in this area are not complete, and they are just vain, because the young commander's army only tried to go out once, to attack the coalition forces of Cao Yinglong, Zhu Can and Xiao Xian from a long distance. , and there is no need to siege cities and land, so each person only needs to carry enough food and grass with him.But when dealing with Li Zitong's city, of course he can't be so sloppy.

On-the-spot supply is only applicable to the use of troops within the territory, and the supplies are supplied by the subordinate cities. As for the special line supply, the supplies are sent from the rear to the front line far away from the border through a set route. Materials can be sent from within the customs to outside the customs.The supply army responsible for the special line supply is equally important as the supply army, and it is indispensable for the expeditionary army.

Now his young commander's army has a total strength of 4, but if he really wants to go out, at least 1 of them must be responsible for the transportation and supplies. In addition, he must stay in the important towns of the young commander's country. In fact, he can go to the battlefield. The army will be no more than [-].

Shen Mu tried his best to remedy this flaw, dispatched generals to build troops, and was so busy that he was so busy that he finally decided that Bu Tianzhi would be in charge of supplies and Niu Fengyi would be in charge of the supplies.

A soldier entered the hall in a hurry, and said: "The third miss of the Song family, Yuzhi, wants to see the young commander!"

Shen Mu jumped up from the dragon seat, and said in a voiceless voice, "She's here?"

Shen Mu hurried to the inner hall of the Marshal's Mansion, and the 28 soldiers of the Song family who were guarding outside the door were all young and strong, imposing, imposing, and sturdy, dressed in green clothes and wearing sabers at their waists, they were obviously the elite of the Song family army. In this extraordinary period, take the responsibility of accompanying protection.

Everyone first stood up and saluted Shen Mu, their eyes shot out reverence, and one of them stepped forward to salute: "Miss San is waiting for the young commander in the hall. Subordinate Song Bang, pay homage to the young commander!"

Shen Mu's heart had already flown into the inner hall, he wished he could rush through the door in one step instead of three steps, but he had to express it to Song Bang, grabbed his hands and said with a smile: "Thanks for your hard work, brothers!"

Everyone responded in unison: "It is our honor to be able to serve the third lady and the young marshal."

Shen Mu was taken aback by their uniformity, as if he had known that he would speak like this and was ready to respond.

Song Bang said in a low voice: "Young Marshal, please come in and meet Miss San."

Shen Mu suddenly jumped up, left Song Bang, and walked towards the gate, and all the Song family troops moved to the sides.

Crossing the threshold, Song Yuzhi's graceful and noble figure came into view. This beauty stood in front of the window with his back on her back, gazing at the garden view outside the window. She wrapped her hair in a grass-green flower scarf, tied it with a deep red brocade, and wore pink and green Lapel collar gown, white tight-sleeved top, blue, white, and gold striped trousers, black leather boots, heroic, yet feminine.

Shen Mu feels like a wanderer who has left his hometown and wandered abroad for a long time. After traveling all over the world, resisting all kinds of temptations, he finally returns to his long-lost wife, although Song Yuzhi is at most only his fiancée.

Shen Mu tremblingly moved behind Song Yuzhi's fragrant body, feeling a strong urge to hold her in his arms, at least to hold her touching shoulders like a knife, but in the end he was afraid of offending her and displeased her, I had no choice but to say softly: "Zhi Zhi! I'm coming!"

Song Yuzhi said in a calm tone: "Do you know how much your misconduct has caused people to suffer?"

Shen Muhu's body trembled violently, and finally couldn't help but put his hands on her fragrant shoulders, the tentacles were full of youthful vigor and elasticity, and the touching fragrance of hair and body came to his nostrils, he couldn't speak anymore, he wanted to tell her how he missed her , But there are thousands of words, and there is no way to talk about it.

Song Yuzhi struggled lightly, as if she wanted to get rid of his palm, but of course it was useless. In fact, she didn't really want to break free, she just said indifferently: "Do you know where I come from?"

At this moment, Shen Mu had nothing else in his mind except Song Yuzhi, and said in a fascinated way, "Didn't you come from Lingnan?"

Song Yuzhi said lightly: "Yuzhi hasn't married you yet, so don't be rude to him."

As if waking up from a beautiful dream, Shen Mu quickly let go of his hands and said with an apologetic smile, "Yuzhi calm down, I just reunited after a long absence, so I can't help myself!"

Song Yuzhi said lightly: "Get out of here for a while!"

Although the content of her words was not polite, but her tone was gentle, obviously she was not angry in her heart, so Shen Mu didn't feel hurt, and felt that he could touch her fragrant shoulder without being severely punished, and the distance between him and the beauty in front of him was greatly shortened.Quickly took two steps back, and happily said: "Go away a little bit, where did Zhizhi come from?"

Song Yuzhi slowly turned her delicate body away, facing the man she loved and hated so much, with a clear and beautiful face as calm as still water, said: "I'm from Hainan."

Shen Mu lost his voice in shock, "What?"

Song Yuzhi rolled his eyes at him, and his talking eyes clearly conveyed the reproachful words "it's all caused by you", with a calm tone, and said calmly: "After you left Lingnan, Dad started to carry out the long-drawn-out plan. Uncle Zhi was in charge of forcing Lin Shihong to retreat to Poyang Lake, and joined forces with Xiao Xian to deal with Lin Shihong, and used various methods to attack and weaken Lin Shihong's military strength and productivity."

Shen Mu stretched out his big hand and said, "Shall we sit down and talk about it?"

(End of this chapter)

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