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Volume 2: Hu Qixi and Liu Zhe Chapter 98: Decisive Battle with the Shangdang (13)

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    ps: Thanks to Xiongyangyang and Chaochunmumu for their rewards, and also thanks to the brothers for their monthly ticket encouragement.  As a local snake who actively relies on Li Dutou of Dongyang City, this is not the first time he has participated in the military meeting. He will basically be summoned on all issues involving the terrain and generals of Luzhou and Zezhou.  This time, he was assigned to attack with Zhao Zaili's cavalry and captured Li Congke alive. Li Dutou also made a contribution.  He had just returned to the Youyan Security Army camp from Xijiayan Village when he was quickly taken to Pingqiu Camp by the Chinese Army's herald.  When Zhou Kan saw Li Dutou, he had no time to exchange greetings and started by asking: "Is there a trail in Shiyu that can go around to Xiangyuan?" When Li Dutou saw that the atmosphere in the tent was extremely serious, he knew that this matter might be related to  It was so important, so I calculated it again in my mind, and then answered with absolute certainty: "No!" "Think about it again, is it true?" Li Xiaoxi asked from the side.  "Indeed, no!" Li Dutou answered firmly. Seeing that all the generals in the tent seemed to be relieved, he added: "There is indeed no trail to Xiangyuan from Shiyu. I dare to guarantee this with my head.  ! Unless it's Li City" Everyone in the tent immediately tightened their breaths. Li Dutou said with a smile: "Generals, don't be nervous. The enemy troops sent out from Shiyu will not be able to attack Xiangyuan in any case. If we have to find a way,  If you take the trail, you must pass through Licheng first, and this trail cannot lead from Shiyu" Zhou Kan immediately walked to the half-built sand table, blasted away the low-level soldiers who were busy making the sand table, and greeted everyone  : "Everyone come here. Li Dutou, please tell me carefully and make sure you make it clear!" Surrounded by the generals, Li Dutou took the small bamboo stick handed by a soldier and pointed to the east of Xiangyuan while arching his body.  The group of mountains said: "This is Xiantang Mountain, this is Huangyan Mountain, and between the two mountains is the Zhuozhang River" "Zhuozhang River Valley? Didn't it mean that the two banks are steep and impassable?" Yuhou surnamed Chen stared at Li Dutou.  ask.  Li Dutou nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "Don't be anxious, Marquis Chen Yu. Someone said that this valley is impassable, and there is no problem with that. Going up the valley, here, on the northern slope of Li, is where Zhuozhang is stuck.  There is a sharp bend in the river, and it is impossible to walk downstream from here, but it is possible to walk upstream. The trail I mentioned starts from here. Instead of going through the Zhuozhang River Valley, there is a path that turns due south from Libei Slope.  The mountain road can lead to Licheng, so if you want to attack Xiangyuan, you must pass through Licheng first." Li Dutou's words made several senior Yuhous feel relieved. If something goes wrong here.  Then a few of them will also bear responsibility.  Zhou Kan stared at Li Beipo for a long time and asked: "Continue to talk, Li Beipo is to the north, which is the upper reaches of the Zhuozhang River? Is there a road that can connect to Shiyu?" Li Du shook his head and said: "No! Just follow it.  It is indeed possible to pass people and horses upstream of the Zhuozhang River, but the road is very dangerous. Please see, Mr. Zhou, go north through the Huangyadong Trail to Longquan, then follow the Xiangshui River to the west, and you have already circled to the north, where is Wuxiang.  "It's too far from Shiyu" "Wuxiang?" Not only Zhou Kan discovered the problem, but Li Xiaoxi, Gao Xingzhou, Zhao Zaili and others all exclaimed.  A possibility immediately appeared in everyone's mind: Li Siyuan attracted the Yan army's attention in Shiyu, and Li Sizhao and Zhou Dewei sent out surprise troops from Wuxiang to attack Licheng!  Next.  Whether they advance westward to Xiangyuan, or even go further and continue southward to Luzhou, it will cause great chaos in the entire defensive system of the Yan army!  Zhou Kan¡¯s forehead was already sweating.  When Li Dutou said this, he also realized that something was wrong with the situation, and said quickly: "The defense of Licheng must be strengthened! Generals, don't be careless!" Chen Yuhou said angrily on the side: "I told you earlier!" In Li Dutou's heart  Great regret.  He raised his hand and gave himself two crisp slaps on the face.  Zhou Kan didn't bother to rebuke Li Dutou, and asked hurriedly: "Have there been any military reports from Licheng in the past few days?" Chen Yuhou rushed to the tent in person, and not long after, he rushed back with a stack of military reports.  The big account was opened.  Several soldiers gathered around and quickly opened the books one by one, without even bothering to tidy them up. After reading one book, they threw down another and picked up another.  A low-level officer was timidly wandering outside the big tent, looking inside the big tent from time to time, but Liu Yuhou saw it, and said to Zhou Kan: "General manager, that is Zhu Yamen, responsible for military reports in the direction of Licheng and Dongyang."  "According to the Yan Army's combat command system, military reports and information from all directions on the battlefield will be divided into pieces and reviewed by different staff officers. If there is military information that needs to be dealt with, it will be sent to the first grade of high school.  The senior officer conducts the second review; the military officer responsible for the second review is responsible for screening the importance of the military report and sending it to each department and department for direct processing within the scope of authority; if the military report is very important, it needs to be submitted to Liu Yu  Senior officers such as Hou and Chen Yuhou will be dealt with by them, orIt should be dealt with directly, or reported to the weekly for decision, or it should be brought up for discussion in the military meeting.  The Zhu Yamen Liu Yuhou mentioned was the staff officer responsible for the first review of the military reports from the Licheng and Dongyang directions. He had dozens of copies of the daily military reports from the Licheng direction.  They were all folded copies to report safety, but Chen Yuhou didn't want to come to ask for them in person today, so he took them all away without saying a word, looking very anxious.  This made Zhu Yaya very uneasy, so he followed him, but he couldn't get close to the tent, so he could only wait at a distance.  Zhou Kan waited patiently and Chen Yuhou and others looked through them one by one. He immediately called Zhu Ya in and asked if there was anything unusual in Licheng.  Zhu Yaya said that the direction of Licheng was very stable, and there was no abnormal situation. It was just reported a few days ago that the Zhuozhang River was rising, and there was nothing else.  Zhou Kan felt much calmer, waved his hand to Zhu Yaya to leave, and then continued to wait.  After a while, Chen Yuhou and others looked through the military reports in Licheng and said that there was no change. Then they picked out the copy of the book about the rising water in the Zhuozhang River and read it aloud.  Until yesterday, nothing happened in Licheng, which made all the generals in the tent calm down, so they started talking about it again.  There is nothing unusual in the direction of Licheng. There are two possibilities. Either the Three Kings Alliance has no plan to attack Licheng at all, and everyone is just making a false alarm. Or the trail is very difficult to walk. In addition, it rains heavily and the river rises, making a sneak attack impossible.  The enemy troops have not yet arrived.  Different possibilities have different response methods. The former possibility only requires appropriately strengthening the investigation of Li Beipo, Huangyadong, and Longquan lines, and reminding Licheng Guard Zhang Long to be alert at all times, but the risk is very high.  The latter possibility requires the dispatch of reinforcements to Licheng. Considering the battlefield security of the army, this choice should undoubtedly be given priority, but this will occupy a large amount of combat resources and weaken the Yan army's siege of Shiyu.  Chen Yuhou and Liu Yuhou personally took several soldiers to make quick calculations. With the help of Li Dutou, they quickly came up with a plan to mobilize troops to support Licheng.  This calculation by Chen Yuhou and Liu Yuhou made Li Dutou almost faint on the spot. At first, he could follow the two Yuhou's thoughts, but later, his mind became a pot of porridge, and the two Yuhou asked questions.  What, he racked his brains to remember something.  These questions include: how wide and narrow the Zhuozhang River Valley trail is at its widest and narrowest, how many rows and columns the Hedong Army is accustomed to marching in, the daily meal intake of the Hedong Army, when the Hedong Army is accustomed to getting up and when to rest, and the Hedong Army at all levels.  The location of the command march, the customary distance between the various units, the equipment used by the Hedong Army sergeants to camp, and even whether they urinate in a collective or freely These questions are so detailed that Li Dutou has no idea what they have to do with war.  relation.  During the questioning that left Li Dutou completely confused, Chen Yuhou and Liu Yuhou calculated a conclusion: they predicted that if the Three Kings Alliance attacked Licheng, based on the traffic capacity and transportation capacity of the Zhuozhang River Valley,  With a sneak attack of 3,000 people, it will take about 20 days to arrive at Licheng from Wuxiang; with a sneak attack of 6,000 people, this time will be extended to a month; with 8,000 people, the time and consumption required will be doubled.  increase.  Therefore, to achieve maximum results, the most suitable sneak attack force should be around 5,000 to 6,000 people.  Comparing it with the time when Li Siyuan set up camp in Shiyu, combined with Li Dutou's general understanding of the marching speed of the Lao Hedong Army, and the factor that heavy rain caused the water level of the Zhuozhang River to rise, Chen Yuhou and Liu Yuhou concluded that  The conclusion is: If the Allied Forces of the Three Kings send troops to attack Li City, the optimal troop configuration is five to six thousand people, and the position they will reach at this moment should be between Huangya Cave and Li Bei Slope!  Now it¡¯s time for Zhou Kan to make a decision. He needs to choose a response method, which is the combat thinking that Li Chengzhong instilled in the Yan Army-the army chief only needs to make decisions, and the rest is left to the staff.  According to the normal mentality of a commander, Zhou Kan undoubtedly wanted to choose a simple response, reminding Licheng guard Zhang Long to be vigilant, and at the same time sending scouts to explore the Zhuozhang Valley Trail. This would not disrupt the Yan army's siege of Shiyu.  overall deployment.  Zhou Kan, the temporary commander-in-chief of the Luzhou battlefield, has the following troops: more than 6,000 Youyan Security Army, 1,000 Li Cunxu's remnant army, more than 5,000 Liaodong Security Army, and more than 12,000 Guizhou Army. Total  There are 25,000 fighting soldiers, in addition to more than 40 battalions of supplementary troops stationed in Luzhou, totaling more than 20,000 people.  However, there are still 25,000 soldiers with actual combat experience and combined capabilities. The more than 20,000 supplementary troops can only be used to supplement the loss of troops and cannot be brought to the battlefield as a whole. Moreover, the main direction of these supplementary troops is the main battlefield.  Gaoping.  Relying on these troops, Zhou Kan needs to be responsible for the defense of the three fulcrums of Luzhou, Xiangyuan, and Licheng. At the same time, he must besiege the Korean army camp in Shiyu. The troops are already very tight. Thousands of people will be transferred to Licheng to meet  The battle to attack Shiyu was stretched thin.  Moreover, Licheng is far away from the main battlefield. Once the main battlefield is needed,The troops are in an emergency, and it is difficult for the reinforcements sent to arrive in time.  Finally, what if they have no plan to attack Licheng at all?  Wouldn¡¯t all the arrangements become a huge waste?  But the danger is very likely, because Li Siyuan's camping in Shiyu itself gave strong evidence, so Zhou Kan was very embarrassed and hesitated for a while.  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m. to read.)
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