"Old Xu is saying..."

"I mean, even if we make up our minds to fight, we can't fight even if we can't..." Xu Shiren said seriously. "The current situation is that they are the ones who turn back, and they are the ones who stop. If it rains in the next two days,

It rained heavily, and they went all the way north, or turned around and went west again. We are separated by rivers, and we can't catch up even if we try, so what can we do?"

Xu Shiren's qualifications, prestige, and military exploits were all there, and many people seemed to have the backbone to agree with him.

Standing side by side with Zhang Xing was Li Ding. He wanted to sneer, but in the end he didn't say anything more, but looked at Zhang Xing. As for Zhang San, he was standing on Longgang at this time, but he was looking straight ahead.

He stared at the west side in a daze, as if he hadn't heard the noise.

Let's say that it was early in the morning, and the rain had stopped for a while. However, it had been raining for days, and the water vapor was extremely heavy. There was also smoke from the kitchen in the morning. Although it could not be called foggy, the vision was blurred and distorted everywhere.

Covered by dark clouds, only a bit of ever-changing golden light shone from east to west, making the great plains in the field of vision even more chaotic.

Zhang Xing was fascinated by what he saw, but Li Ding was not used to it.

However, I don't know if he learned a lesson at Mangdang Mountain a few days ago. Li Si wanted to take the initiative to ask about the war, but when his words came to his lips, they turned into something else.

"What is Chief Zhang looking at?" Li Si's tone was a little strange.

"Just take a look." Zhang Xing turned around and said with a smile. "The main thing is that I thought of something when I saw this chaotic scene."

"What is Chief Zhang thinking about?" Li Silang chased after him, seemingly genuinely curious and yet mocking.

"I'm thinking, who is driving the general trend in the world?" Zhang Xing looked at the other party and responded sincerely. "Just like the current round of incidents, the rebellion in Jiangdu and the return of the imperial army to the east capital, there are all traces.

As a matter of fact, a smart person would have foreseen it since Cao Lin's death. However, when the imperial army returned to the Eastern Capital and set out on the road, it was clear that they and we, the two most powerful people in the world, were going to have a fight.

A major event that determines the direction of the world, but I don’t know what is going on. No matter how smart people are, they just think it is a mess."

There were more people behind him. When they heard this, everyone had their own thoughts, but they all felt like "that's it".

There is no way, this month has been too frustrating. This kind of frustration is not a question of who has the advantage, but the entanglement of the upper-level decision-making circle. The reason why the upper-level decision-making circle is entangled is not because of their own indecision, but because of the frontline.

The situation changes too quickly.

Intelligence is constantly being updated and the situation is constantly changing.

Of course, Zhang Xing's inner thoughts may be more in line with his personality. He was actually thinking just now... If this battle is summarized after the war, there will definitely be countless laws, expressions of inevitability and contingency.

The specific person responsible and the trigger can definitely be found. However, just saying so far, if you really want to delve into the details, it is difficult to say that things develop and change according to someone's subjective will, but it is not caused by any objective laws.

It is more like the subjective will and initiative of many people, large and small, coupled with the ever-changing objective conditions, leading to the turbulence of the situation.

As for the fragile internal relations of the Forbidden Army and the fragile relationship between the Forbidden Army and gangs, no one knows whether this turmoil will be fatal.

But it doesn't matter anymore.

Because Zhang Xing would not let this thing shake the gang's internal organizational structure anyway, he was determined.

Li Ding was about to say something else when suddenly, Shan Tonghai himself came on horseback. Everyone immediately stopped their discussion and waited for this person.

When Shan Dalang came over, he was told an unexpected and reasonable news: "Chief Zhang, Li Longtou, and the King of Heaven sent people to tell us that they met the two Manager Wang and the one on the way.

Why, Governor Niu has come here with a low profile, and he is bringing with him the general of the imperial army that I mentioned before, he will be here soon."

At this point, Shan Tonghai stopped talking, sneered to himself, and added: "I am afraid that the governor cannot trust us, so what else does he want from us?"

"I think this will save trouble." Zhang Xing said frankly. "If you tell the matter clearly and have no worries, you can move forward."

The few people came very quickly, but when they arrived, Zhang Xing and others were already having a "corridor meal" in front of the small building in the Longgang camp, and even reserved a seat for several people, including Zhao Xingmi.

However, neither Du Gong Niu nor Zhao Xingmi were surprised by this novel way of greeting them. Instead, they each bowed their hands in silence and simply sat down.

It's not that Duke Niu and General Zhao were well-informed and weren't surprised, but they were numb with shock along the way.

First of all, Zhang Shizhao, especially Zhang Shizhao... Hearing about it is one thing, seeing it is another thing, and Zhang Shizhao's status is really a overwhelming feeling for people in the Wei central system. In Hebei

At that time, even Bai Hengqiu couldn't hold his hand, and here Bai Youbin and Yu Changnan cheered up as if they were seeing a valley of barren years, not to mention these two people who were looking down and out, worried about gains and losses?

Especially for Governor Niu, he and Zhang Shizhao were old friends as colleagues who had good communication with Cao Che during his early years. After meeting, a word of "Old Niu" and a few gossips made the Governor give up his original relationship.

A state of worry.

Then when he came to Longgang and saw the huge camp, he lost all energy. Zhao Xingmi basically lost his fighting spirit after realizing that the thing above Longgang was smoke instead of fog in the morning. He was even a little relieved.

.

As the main general of the Forbidden Army, he certainly knew about the previous misjudgments of the Forbidden Army. If the gang had already assembled before the rainy season, then the Forbidden Army would be playing with fire no matter what they did!

If he had known this, he might even have suggested that the Imperial Army go up the river and return from Nanyang! Why is this so?

As for seeing Li Ding and so many leaders ready to go, it was just like that.

After eating some food and tidying up for a while, the sunshine in the morning completely disappeared. Instead, raindrops started to fall again. Even those without local knowledge of local climate and weather can tell that the clouds are a bit thick this time.

Zhang Xing also looked up at the sky, and then neither got up nor went back to the building behind. Instead, he stood behind the desk in front of the building and spoke against the raindrops: "Old Niu, since we are here, we are a family."

Man, what’s more, you are an elder, but you don’t know if you have any advice?”

Du Gong Niu was silent for a moment and said: "How can a poor and bereaved person talk about seeing a teacher? I just have two difficult things. I would like to ask Chief Zhang to make it easier for the sake of the past."

The rain was already falling drop by drop. Zhang Xing nodded and waited for the other party to speak.

"For one thing, no one can blame the late Emperor for his own destruction, but the Queen Mother has not lost her moral character. The Emperor is also a young man, and he is an old friend of Chief Zhang. I hope that Chief Zhang can take good care of him." Mr. Niu said one thing first.

Zhang Xing did not nod directly, but came to ask one of the people in the audience: "Manager Wang, you took the man, what do you think of it?"

Wang Hou was sitting there wearing a red velvet cloak, with his chest and belly protruding. After hearing this, he cupped his hands and came back: "As long as the Emperor of the Wei Dynasty is kidnapped by me, I know that the Wei Dynasty will finally fall into our hands. If I say this, I will

That’s enough! The rest will follow the chief’s orders!”

"Then I will say a few more words." Zhang Xing said seriously. "If you are focused on cutting off the violent Wei, then the Cao family will be extinct today, and you can only attack the remaining minions of the violent Wei such as the Forbidden Army.

"

Wang Hou did not agree directly, but thought for a moment before nodding: "Be it the Forbidden Army, Dongdu, or Bai Hengqiu! They all have to deal with it! To be honest, Chief, I haven't let go of my breath yet!"

"With this tone, General Manager Wang first advocated the volunteer army, and now he has dug out his heart and completely destroyed the Wei Dynasty. No one will forget this breath in General Manager Wang's heart for thousands of years." Zhang Xing sincerely praised, and then

Only then did he come to Niu Du Gong and said, "Niu Gong, please be at ease. The people we are helping to care about are Bao Wei, not a pair of orphans and widowed ancestors. Let them live in Hebei, grant farmland, and be exempted from labor. If you want to help me, I can't help you."

We won't stop them. When the situation is stable, they can go back to the Eastern Capital if they want, and if they want to go back to the Western Capital, they can go back to the Western Capital. It doesn't matter if they go back to Jiangdu."

Ushikawa took a long breath and nodded hastily.

At this time, Zhang Xing turned around and gave instructions to Yu Changnan: "Yu Wenshu, please make an announcement and tell the world that we have captured the third emperor of the Wei Dynasty and have deposed him. The Wei Dynasty has been established to this day."

until."

Yu Changnan had no expression on his face and nodded directly without any hesitation during the whole process. The people around him had also been quiet since Zhang Xing was talking to Niu Dugong, and they didn't have any unnecessary expressions.

As for the Wei Dynasty, everyone knew that the Wei Dynasty was going to fall from the moment Cao Che lost control of everyone and fled to Jiangdu!

Even when Cao Che died, no one in the gang was surprised.

The same is true now, only Niu He and Zhang Shizhao, two old ministers of the Wei Dynasty, have some expressions.

But for some reason, after saying these words, Zhang Xing still felt that the world seemed to be suddenly stagnant... This is really strange, it couldn't be that the rain stopped for a moment, right?

"Does Mr. Niu have anything else to say?" After coming back to his senses, Zhang Xing continued to ask.

"One more thing." Ushikawa took a breath and answered quietly. "I wasted half my life, and I managed to become a master, but now I am homeless, my mind is really damaged, I can't bear to fight, and I also pay for the help of soldiers and horses. If you are determined to fight, please let me go to Fuxian County with the palace officials and servants from Jiangdu."

"Okay." Zhang Xing blurted out. "Old Niu will go away. When the younger generation defeats the enemy, we will come back to have a long-term argument with Mr. Niu."

Ushikawa was stunned again, then nodded quickly.

At this time, Zhang Xing finally looked at the others on his left and right: "I heard someone say today that the Imperial Army has stopped again, so why don't we just stop fighting?"

No one answered, but Li Ding let out his sneer from the morning: "Do you want to make another resolution?"

"Of course not." Zhang Xing calmly looked at the person beside him, seemingly unaware of the other person's sarcasm. "Temporary resolutions are only done when encountering huge differences or deciding to do something big. If something Pushing matters to a decision not only wastes time and wastes opportunities, but also has a major drawback, which is that it reduces the authority of the decision, which in turn causes the decision to be looked down upon and despised by others."

Everyone nodded repeatedly, but a few people regretted that Shan Tonghai was dispatching troops outside, otherwise he would have stood up and had a few words with Chief Zhang.

"As for now, the imperial army is not moving forward, and the rain may be heavy today and tomorrow. It is not enough to overturn the original intention of large-scale operations. It is just that some battle plans need to be changed." Zhang Xing looked at the increasingly dense raindrops. Li Ding was right next to him. "Does Li Longtou have a record?"

"Yes." Li Ding blurted out, his voice loud and clear, as if he had already thought about it. "Don't worry about why the Forbidden Army behaved like this now, because no matter what, they have just changed from east to west to north to south. At this time, their soldiers and horses are Mixed and dispersed between Fei Shui and Wu Shui, there is about a hundred miles from north to south and fifty miles from east to west. There is no close formation between them... As for the masters, when Niu Dugong comes here, everything is covered. It is impossible to drop soldiers and horses from behind to support them. At most, they only have one strong point to talk about... So now, with superior military strength, superior logistics, superior military morale, and superior high-end combat capabilities, we only need to do If you do one thing, you will definitely win."

Zhang Xing did not ask further questions, but Li Ding couldn't wait to speak out: "Please ask King Xiongtian to supervise the army, and then the whole army will be organized into battalions. Don't concentrate on crossing the river, don't care about the response between the armies before and after, don't try to set up a large formation on the other side, don't

Pay attention to Zhang Qianda on the Wishui side. The forty battalions were dispersed. The first twenty battalions marched alone, then the fifteen battalions, one for every three battalions, and finally the five battalions worked together in batches of thirty.

A mile-wide front crosses the Whirlpool River, and then opens up again, rolling out a front a hundred miles in the direction of Feishui! Fight when you encounter the enemy, advance when you win, and retreat when you lose! In this way, the Forbidden Army will inevitably collapse.

, our army will definitely win!"

"I understand the principle of victory." After Zhang Xing listened, he rushed to correct it without waiting for some people to express their excitement. "Are there any risks? Let me explain it clearly to everyone."

"Yes, there are two risks." Li Ding responded calmly. "A big risk is that if Sima Zheng leads more than 30,000 troops to completely cross Feishui before the day after tomorrow, then the only feasible way for our army in this battle is to retreat immediately.

Come back to Whistle Water... The corresponding response is to ensure the stability of the pontoon, and after the frontline battle, look for opportunities to suppress Zhang Qian from leaving the east bank of Whistle Water; a small risk is that the current situation of the Forbidden Army is that it cannot fight for a long time or on a large scale.

But it doesn’t mean that we can’t fight. Especially among the first twenty battalions crossing the river, someone may bump into the opponent’s superior force, elite force, or a general who is going crazy, resulting in the loss of troops and generals.”

Everyone nodded. Xiong Bonan thought for a while and couldn't help but ask: "Big risks are related to the overall situation. We have been prepared early in the morning. What about small risks? How to deal with them?"

"Small risks are not dealt with. If you die, you will die, if you are injured, you will be injured. It will not affect the overall victory." Li Ding simply replied.

Xiong Bonan's expression changed, but he couldn't say anything. Instead, he looked at Zhang Xing.

Zhang Xing nodded and asked seriously: "Everyone, do you have a better military strategy?"
To be continued...