Chapter 887 Li Hu
Rencheng, a hundred miles away from Peixian County, is where the Taishan Army Camp is located on the Middle Road.
The leader of this army is Li Hu, the flying dragon general of the Taishan Army.
Since Zhang Chong went south, he felt that this would be the last large-scale decisive battle, so he began to consciously train generals in the army to become commanders.
Zhang Chong knew very well that military command skills are also a skill. Since it is a skill, it must be practiced extensively. Otherwise, no matter how much you know, it will be just talk on paper.
This is why there are so many military talents who come out of the war period, because a large number of wars have cultivated their military talents.
But in the foreseeable future, as Zhang Chong wipes out the heroes, the world will gradually return to a peaceful state, and the war-torn soil that can cultivate military command talents will disappear.
In the beginning, there will be veterans left over from the war, but when these veterans fade away, it is very likely that there are so many generals in the world that it will be difficult to find another commander who can lead the front army.
In fact, all dynasties will encounter such a dilemma after the founding of the country, that is, with the decline of the senior officials who started their own business, the military equipment of the entire court will enter a period of decline.
Zhang Chong, who came from later generations, can certainly accept cycles and believes that ups and downs are natural principles and are acceptable.
But Zhang Chong came from later generations, so he understood what military power meant to a court, so he wanted to reserve as many talents as possible for future generations at this time.
In other words, Zhang Chong is training the second echelon.
It was under such a psychological and general environment that people like Xu Huang and Le Jin were able to get the opportunity to lead troops so quickly.
As a representative of the old brothers, Li Hu certainly needs to be trained as a hedge against newcomers.
This is the way to balance, that's what it is.
But Li Hu is indeed good at fighting. Let's just say that he won the battle of Rencheng cleanly.
As the main force's partial division, Li Hu's order was to seize the important land north of Surabaya and seize this important waterway that affects Xuzhou.
In fact, this place is this area of Rencheng State, a land of three rivers sandwiched between Jishui, Wenshui and Sishui.
And what was the situation like in the Rencheng Kingdom that Li Hu wanted to conquer at that time?
It can be said that the entire country is in a period of political disorder and power emptiness.
Previously, the imperial troops here were exhausted during the battle of several counties to encircle and suppress Taishan. Later, Renchengguo was too close to the base of Taishan Army, so no one dared to take office.
The reason why a morally perilous world is a morally perilous world is because in the long-term process of bad money driving out good money in the world, those moral models who truly care about their country and care about the world have long been persecuted in the internal strife.
The rest are just a group of selfish and selfish people. They want to make a fortune as officials, not come to Rencheng to die.
And without the official government in Rencheng, the power of the country fell into the hands of these powerful families within the territory.
At first, these wealthy families just spontaneously formed strongholds in the manor to protect themselves, but soon, as the collective power of the Han family collapsed in the Central Plains, panic and ambition inevitably spread to Rencheng State.
Then these wall owners, who were just self-protecting, began to fight with each other. At the beginning, there were natural centers of power such as the Rencheng royal family to preside over the situation.
But as the local tycoons below increased their military strength through mergers and acquisitions, what those kings surnamed Liu said was nonsense.
But the fighting arena in Rencheng did not produce any heroes. The final result only made Rencheng become more broken. The fields were barren and the water conservancy facilities were destroyed. Then there was the once-in-a-century drought last year, so Rencheng was in ruins. Exploded.
There were rebels everywhere, and they launched a fierce attack on Wubi, a wealthy family with food.
Although there is a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, what other options do the people who cannot survive have?
You may say that Rencheng is important, but it is not directly adjacent to Ji, Wen and Si, the important rivers in the East.
But if you want to say that it is not important, just talk about a trivial knowledge, that is, the Grand Canal was interrupted during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it passed through Rencheng, but in later generations this place was called Jining.
So what is the importance of Rencheng? That is, it is the center where three rivers intersect. It can be said that whoever controls Rencheng can pose a threat to Ji, Wen and Si rivers.
At the same time, because it is surrounded by three rivers, the land here is very good, because it is a low-lying plain formed by the impact of these natural water systems.
This relatively mild climate and abundant water resources made Rencheng one of the earliest core grain production areas in Chinese history.
Even in the Han Dynasty, it was a very densely populated area in the East.
Precisely because the geography is empty and has three waterways, and it is rich in people, anyone who is aspiring to the East must capture Rencheng.
When Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu pacified Dong Xian, he had to travel hundreds of miles straight from Meng County at that time, running day and night. When they reached Kangfu, they were already exhausted, so someone advised Guangwu to rest here.
But in the end, Emperor Guangwu walked ten miles without hesitation, and finally rested until he reached Rencheng.
Why?
Isn't it because only by capturing Rencheng can Emperor Guangwu sleep peacefully?
The same reason was the same for Li Hu at that time.
After receiving the mission from King Zhang, Li Hu did not dare to delay for a moment. He led ten thousand people under his command to rush out overnight and rushed into the defenseless city of Ren in the early morning.
At that time, Rencheng was only managed by a few local tycoons. After a period of resistance and being brutally suppressed, Rencheng fell into the hands of Li Hu.
Li Hu, who captured Rencheng, immediately opened a warehouse to release grain. Within three days, civil unrest within the territory was resolved, and he even received eight thousand brave men from it, who were made righteous followers by Li Hu.
After taking Rencheng, Peixian County, the northwest gateway to Xuzhou, is within easy reach.
Originally, Li Hu planned to take advantage of the victory and pursue it. Anyway, for him, no matter who was guarding Pei County, this battle was going to be fought anyway.
As for fighting, it is better to fight early than to fight late, and to fight quickly than to fight slowly.
This is why in the art of war, those who are good at fighting can cause harm to others but not others.
According to the normal rhythm, he Li Hu reorganized and settled down Rencheng, and then moved his army south to attack Peixian.
Then what he will encounter will be a Xuzhou army that has been prepared for a long time. In terms of war situation, he will be passive and the enemy will be active.
Even if the enemy was more proactive, they would take advantage of the terrain to ambush him in advance. Although Li Hu didn't think he would suffer a loss, he was ultimately at a disadvantage.
But on the other hand, when Li Hu was successful again, he traveled dozens of miles at night and suddenly appeared outside Pei County in the early morning.
If he is not prepared, how can he stop his army of hundreds of battles? In fact, Li Hu, like Xu Huang, likes to use high mobility to seize the time difference on the battlefield. As long as you are faster than others, opportunities will appear.
But in the end, Li Hu gave up this decision, because when he was performing his mission, someone came.
This person is Dong Zhao who came from the camp.
Dong Zhao is a powerful figure in the camp and has served as an envoy to the Fei Army internally and externally. No one knows how much intelligence and spies he has, so even old brothers like Li Hu are very afraid of Dong Zhao.
But Dong Zhao is a good person and always smiles at everyone. In addition, he is becoming more round-headed and round-headed, so he really does have some harmless qualities.
Dong Zhao came to Li Hu with a very clear mission, which was to cooperate with Li Hu on intelligence.
At first, Dong Zhao directly rejected Li Hu's plan after hearing about it. He believed that Li Hu did not understand Chen Deng, the coach of the Xuzhou Army, nor did he understand who Jiang Qin was who was guarding Pei County at this time. people.
Li Hu's attack will only become a rash advance to these people.
This does get to Li Hu's point, that is, he really doesn't understand Chen Deng and Jiang Qin, and he doesn't even know what the current combat power of the Xuzhou Army is like.
Just like Jiang Qin's side had never defeated the main force of the Taishan Army, the main force of the Taishan Army such as Li Hu had not defeated the Xuzhou Army.
His fierce charge was all due to his invincible self-confidence, which was the psychological advantage cultivated by our army for many years of invincible battles.
In Li Hu's logic, this matter is very simple. Since ancient times, the world has been united from the west to the east, and from the north to the south. But now their Taishan Army has conquered the entire north and Guanxi. Who else in the world can be more powerful than them?
So what else should we analyze about the Xuzhou Army and Jiang Qin? Just go up and do it!
But Dong Zhao spoke very highly of Chen Deng and Jiang Qin, and Chen Deng was fine, because the king also praised Chen Yuanlong in front of their old brothers, saying that Chen Yuanlong was the hero of Jianghuai.
But who is Jiang Qin? Dong Zhao was actually evaluated as a "national scholar".
In Dong Zhao's words, Jiang Qin is a man who loves to learn, pays little attention to righteousness, is good at caring for his soldiers, and makes progress as time goes by. He is a pillar that can stabilize the country.
And for such an opponent, he, Li Hu, could not despise him like this.
He has important information and knows his opponent better than Li Hu. This gives Li Hu no reason to persevere.
So the plan was changed by Dong Zhao, and the most important thing that was changed and added by Dong Zhao was the placement of capable spies in Pei County.
As for intelligence, it was not Li Hu's home field, so Dong Zhao could only be given full responsibility for this area.
But Li Hu didn't know that Zhang Chong originally asked Dong Zhao to go south just to assist Li Hu and supplement him, but with such an allocation of work, Li Hu and Dong Zhao jointly presided over the situation.
Not to mention that even if he made great contributions later, half of Li Hu's credit still goes to Dong Zhao.
But the most important thing is that this is the first time Dong Zhao has participated in a war as a military officer, which is completely different from the past as a staff member.
At this moment, Li Hu didn't know what he was giving in to. He was now quite mocking Dong Zhao's plan.
It turned out that just today, they learned about the situation in Pei County in Rencheng. They knew that the spies arranged by Dong Zhao had been discovered by Jiang Qin and were being hunted throughout the city.
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Sitting on the table, Li Hu was sitting carefree. Opposite him was Dong Zhao.
In the past, if Li Hu had followed this approach, he would have been quite contemptuous of Dong Zhao, because there was a very big problem with the clothes of the past, not only for the scholar-bureaucrats but also for the heads of Guizhou.
That means you look respectable on the outside, but actually you are empty underneath your clothes.
Yes, when the wind blows, not only will a pair of hairy legs be exposed underneath, but your bird will also be exposed to enjoy the wind.
So when you sit and point your legs toward the person opposite, what do people see? Isn’t it just the bird that saw you?
No matter which ethnic group or region you are in, exposing this to others is an act of extreme contempt for the other person.
But it's different now. No matter whether Li Hu has this idea or not, at least his actions will not have such meaning.
The reason is that it turns out that the Taishan Army has begun to promote underwear.
That's right, this is something Zhang Chong created, and he did it very early.
After all, no modern person can accept the state of walking birds all the time. Of course, there are indeed some such hobbies.
But at that time, Taishan and the army were poor, and this thing could not be promoted. After all, in a society of scarcity where every family wears one piece of clothing, even if you created underwear, there would be no ground for promotion.
However, after years of management by the Taishan Army, at least in Hebei, the people under the Taishan Army can now wear a pair of underwear.
At this moment, Li Huju was sitting, his eyes looking at Dong Zhao intentionally or unintentionally.
In fact, when you said Li Hu, you didn't mean to be contemptuous. It was definitely not the case. Otherwise, wouldn't Li Hu be able to kneel down normally? You have to sit in this way.
Sometimes, something loses its connotation, but the meaning of its own behavior may continue to be passed on.
Li Hu actually expressed his dissatisfaction in this way.
It turned out that during the period when he was stationed in Rencheng, Li Hu also realized that he had gone too far. He was not stupid. He knew that he had been cheated by Dong Zhao.
But looking at the overall situation, Li Hu knew that Dong Zhao's approach was right, which made him feel uncomfortable.
But now it's better. Li Hu felt better now when he heard that Dong Zhao had made a fool of himself. Although this was a good thing, it was good to make him feel sick to Dong Zhao.
But for some reason, Li Hu always felt that Dong Zhao across from him was too indifferent and was still drinking tea in front of him.
Therefore, Li Hu couldn't figure it out and stopped holding his legs. He also retracted his legs and said deliberately:
"Old Dong, I have long said that in this war, we still need to rely on real swords and guns. I also heard that your internal and external armies spend a lot of money to train spies, and even the Xiuyi Guards train in this way. I have to admit, those The secret agent is indeed well trained, but what use is it to the overall situation? He is not as good as You Yi in our army.”
After Li Hu said this, he suddenly thought of the Xiuyiwei organization and immediately added:
"Of course, you still have some uses. For example, the information you obtained about Jiang Qin is pretty good. So I always say it."
Having said this, Li Hu pointed at himself and said a famous saying:
"Those who belong to the army belong to the army, and what is yours is yours, so don't interfere."
These words were full of connotations. Dong Zhao, who was opposite him, finally raised his head, his eyes sparkling, and he said with a smile:
"Li Jun, you don't think I lost, do you?"
(End of chapter)