It took Fang Jie a day to memorize the names and looks of all the officers of rank six or above. This was not a difficult task for Fang Jie who had an extraordinary memory. Fang Jie always believed that a qualified general not only needed wisdom, experience and excellent martial arts, but also the most rigorous attitude.
In the next few days, Fang Jie began to become familiar with this village. He personally visited each battalion, and then sat down in the barracks to chat with junior officers above the rank of captain.
And Nie Xiaoju actually embroidered a brand new flag in just five days. In addition to a golden flying dragon symbolizing the Sui Dynasty, the black flag also has four bright red characters.
Black flag kills wolf
Fang Jie likes this big flag very much, it is thick yet solemn.
After the big flag was embroidered, the previous dragon flag was replaced and hung on the flagpole of the school ground. Then Nie Xiaoju began to make his second work. It is still a black flag, but there is only one word on it.
Fang
After Li Xiaozong¡¯s cronies were eliminated, the vacancies in the team were filled by Mou Liangbi. After Mou Liangbi died, Fang Jie did not kill one more person, and according to the previous fake imperial edict, everyone was promoted to one level, and the generals still performed their duties. Everyone thought that Fang Jie would install his cronies into the team, but except for a fifth-grade general who was afraid of being implicated and fled because he was too close to Mou Liangbi, Fang Jie did not change anyone.
Fang Jie turned Shanzi Camp and Yangzi Camp into his own military camps, and sent Chen Bishan to take over the place of the escaped general and command the three men from the Zhechong camp.
Counting it all together, Fang Jie didn¡¯t kill many people.
Only the people sent by Mou Liangbi to ambush the imperial envoys were executed.
In addition, Fang Jie selected another 500 people from the team and gave them to Chen Xiaoru, Yan Kuang and Nie Xiaoju for training. These people will be dispatched after training and become the eyes of the Black Flag Army on the outside.
On the twentieth day after Fang Jie led the army, he summoned all the generals to discuss matters.
"February has already entered, and the weather in the northwest will get warmer in another month. Although it is not as good as the hinterland of the Central Plains, at least it will not be so cold that you can't even take your hands out. If nothing else, the imperial court in February will The army will step up its offensive against the rebels. After all, it has already advanced to a place only a few hundred miles away from Xiangzhou. Xiangzhou is the base of Li Yuanshan, and all his troops are shrinking back to defend. It seems that the decisive battle should not be possible. It would be too far."
Fang Jie became the leader of the Black Flag Army, and Sun Kaidao's status naturally became higher and higher. Fang Jie respected him as a military advisor, ranking him below ten thousand in the Black Flag Army. When Sun Kaidao was chatting with Chen Bishan and others in private, he said with some pride that I am not as good as the general in observing the overall situation, but the general is not as good as me in observing the details.
Someone told Fang Jie this sentence, but Fang Jie just laughed it off.
After Sun Kaidao said these words, he walked to the map and said seriously: "All the generals are more familiar with the fierce battle at Mandu Banner than me. Li Yuanshan opened the defense line and led the Meng Yuan barbarians to go around and attack behind the guards, so that The army collapsed across the board. Before that, the reinforcements sent by the Meng Yuan Royal Court had not participated in the battle, allowing the Mandu Banner to fight and retreat. This was actually leading the army to continue to advance westward, waiting for the army to occupy the entire territory. After the Mandu Banner, the cavalry of the Meng Yuan Royal Court began to participate in the battle. "
"Whether this strategy was thought up by Li Yuanshan, or by Meng Ge, the Great Khan of Meng Yuan, or by Meng Yuan Special Qin Meng Lie who led the army, it is not without poison. Use a Mandu flag as bait to lure Our army walked step by step into the trap he designed. "
When everyone heard him mention the fierce battle again, everyone's expressions were a little unnatural. They were all lucky enough to survive that battle, and that fierce battle was a dream they would never get away from in their lifetime.
After saying this, Sun Kaidao glanced at everyone and said, "And now, Li Yuanshan seems to be repeating his old tricks."
He pointed at the map and said: "The news sent back by the spies was that the rebels on Shannan Road were on the verge of collapse. In just half a month, they abandoned Shannan Road and retreated to Shandong Road. The rebel general Shi Lei who was stationed on Hexi Road also retreated step by step. We have set up defenses about four hundred miles east of the state. However, the rebels in Yinpo Mountain have been forced back to the north of Mangdang Mountain, and the left vanguard has entered Shandong Road"
Sun Kaidao drew a semicircle on the map: "The rebels are shrinking across the board, and the imperial army is winning steadily. Does this look like another Mandu Banner trap? Although it looks slightly different, there is nothing fundamentally wrong with it. The difference is that the Meng Yuan people gave up a Mandu banner to lead the Western Army to march westward, but now Li Yuanshan used the people he sent to kidnap as bait. "
"For more than two years, Li Yuanshan has continued to expand his army and instigated his subordinates to kidnap civilians to join the army., now it seems that the purpose is to wait for the arrival of the imperial army. He used these rebels, who were large in number but had no fighting power at all, and he would not feel sorry for them even if they died. Continuous defeats and constant deaths led the imperial army to move forward step by step. It is said that three people from the imperial court have killed more than 600,000 enemies. There is nothing gratifying about such a brilliant record! Because these people are the abandoned sons thrown out by Li Yuanshan. "
After hearing what he said, all the generals in the tent took a breath of air.
"What the military advisor means is that Li Yuanshan is repeating his old tricks!"
Lu Fenghou said in surprise: "No wonder the cavalry of the Meng Yuan barbarians have not withdrawn from the northwest. Li Yuanshan knew that there was no benefit to those barbarians staying, but he still provided them with a lot of money and food. These barbarians were like locusts passing through, sweeping away most of the northwest. , and has never helped Li Yuanshan fight. I heard that many of Li Yuanshan's men were dissatisfied, and they all hoped that Li Yuanshan would let the Meng Yuan cavalry return to the grassland. Tens of thousands of wolf riders are just waiting for the second opportunity to show off their swords.¡±
With such a temperament, Lu Fenghou immediately thought of this, and the generals who deserved the name in the big tent naturally understood it too.
"It's still a little worse."
The fifth-rank general Xiahou Baichuan pondered for a while and said: "If Li Yuanshan wants to repeat his old tricks, there is still one condition left. The reason why Li Yuanshan calculated that the imperial army's expedition to the west was so successful was because he did the most critical thing. Open the defense line and let the Meng Yuan Langqi circle behind the army. The situation now is different from that time. Li Yuanshan is guarding Xiangzhou, and his generals have arranged the defense line in a semicircle three to four hundred miles away from Xiangzhou If If the Meng Yuan people want to go behind the imperial army like last time, who will be the one to open the defense line? "
After he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the big tent immediately became a little solemn.
This time, His Majesty personally led the expedition, bringing only more than 200,000 soldiers, most of whom were brave. Those brave men were all recruited before the war, and there was no way they had any collusion with Li Yuanshan. Then there are actually not many goals
??Everyone focused their gaze on a location on the map, with solemn expressions.
North of Mangdang Mountain
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Sun Kaidao was silent for a moment and then said: "Luo Yao's left avant-garde has crossed the Yishui River. Hundreds of thousands of troops are forcing Yin Poshan's rebels to retreat step by step. If nothing goes wrong, it will not take half a month for the left avant-garde to retreat. We can join forces with the imperial army"
Chen Bishan¡¯s expression has never been very good-looking. In fact, he had already thought of who Sun Kaidao was referring to. He also knew that this was the most reasonable idea at the moment. But after all, he was born as a left midfielder and served as a soldier under Luo Yao for more than 20 years. Now everyone is pointing their fingers at Luo Yao, but he can't speak.
Fang Jie glanced at Chen Bishan with gentle eyes. He nodded slightly to Chen Bishan, indicating that he didn't need to worry.
Chen Bishan nodded gratefully, and then took a deep breath: "If this is Li Yuanshan's conspiracy, does the military advisor have a way to crack it?"
"This is not a conspiracy"
Sun Kaidao shook his head: "If the first half of the arrangement can be regarded as a conspiracy, then the arrangement of Li Yuanshan later is a conspiracy."
Seeing everyone's confusion, Sun Kaidao explained: "Since you and I can think of this, how could it be that His Majesty, an extremely wise king, would not have thought of it? Everyone knows that Luo Yao is unreliable, and His Majesty naturally knows it too. But there is no way to stop it, Luo Yao Yao's left vanguard crossed the river and entered Shandong Road. Even if His Majesty ordered Luo Yao to lead his troops back to the south of Yishui, Luo Yao would definitely not retreat. Everyone can see what will happen next. This is not a conspiracy. . Therefore, Li Yuanshan's strategy is unsolvable. As long as the imperial army comes, he will fall into this trap. In the first half, he used conspiracy to build momentum. Once this momentum is formed, everything will become clear. "
"This trend has now taken shape, so it seems that the imperial army is regaining the lost ground in consecutive battles, but in fact it is Li Yuanshan who has the advantage Once this trend is formed, unless the imperial army immediately retreats and sets up defenses close to Luoshui, it will not If you expose your back, Meng Yuan's cavalry will never have the chance to get behind the army. But will your Majesty retreat?"
He was asking about Fang Jie.
He looked at Fang Jie, waiting for the answer given by Fang Jie. No one here knows the emperor better than Fang Jie, so only he can give you this answer. But Fang Jie frowned and was lost in thought, seemingly not seeing the questioning look Sun Kaidao threw at him. Perhaps it was Sun Kaidao's previous words that suddenly made him think of something, and the questions that had been swirling in his mind were gradually solved.
Lu Fenghou opened his mouth to remind Fang Jie, but Sun Kaidao shook his head to stop him.
Everyone turned their attention to Fang Jie, waiting for Fang Jie to come back from his meditation. I don't know what Fang Jie thought of, but his brows furrowed deeper and deeper. He didn't notice at all that everyone was looking at him, and their expressions became more and more serious.
Just like this, a full time of burning incense passed, and Fang Jie's expression suddenly changed.
He raised his head sharply, his eyes full of horror.
Everyone was surprised and didn't know what was going on with the general.
"not good!"
Fang Jie stood up abruptly and strode out: "Don't disperse yet, just wait here. The military advisor will follow me back. Come, Mr. Zhuo, please come to my study to discuss matters!"
In the surprised eyes of everyone, Fang Jie left quickly.
This bad sound made everyone¡¯s hearts tighten.
Sun Kaidao nodded to everyone not to panic, and he strode towards the study room following Fang Jie's pace. Fang Jie walked in front and whispered, "Sir, do you remember that I told you that His Majesty gave me a secret decree?"
"Remember"
Sun Kaidao replied: "After hearing what the general said, I was puzzled. I couldn't guess what your majesty's arrangements were, nor when did you want the general to return to Chang'an City. My subordinates have not been able to do so in the past few days." I forgot about it, I just don¡¯t know much about it, so I can¡¯t guess anything.¡±
"I got it¡¡"
Fang Jie said in a heavy tone, which was heavier than ever before.
Sun Kaidao was startled. He had a premonition from Fang Jie's tone that something major was about to happen. He had been following Fang Jie for half a year, and he had never seen such an unnatural expression on Fang Jie's face. It was actually panic. He couldn't imagine what kind of big event could make Fang Jie panic.