Perhaps it was because the Taiping Army’s trend was exhausted or its stamina was inadequate, or it was no longer able to come up with a well-established kick formation heavy cavalry; as Li Siyuan, who was closely guarded by cavalry chasing and raids after breaking, was able to retreat to Linfen. Near the city.
But when he arrived at Linfen City, he realized that compared to his suspicious and unpredictable, the condition of the other groups of people was not so good; because those Taiping thieves had a small group of troops to infiltrate them first. Up.
Therefore, on the road to retreat separately at night, they were constantly attacked and harassed by sporadic firearms, and they also repeatedly ran into a tripping horse and a firearm that exploded when touched, making the whole team become in the dark. Be particularly worried.
Although the actual casualties that can be caused can be described as negligible, the continuous disturbance and fear of fear have a great impact on the morale and morale of the army during the retreat; and because of avoiding the main road and not taking the long road, the trip is further delayed. Up.
The result was that after arriving at Linfen City, they counted the trilogy, and found that many accidents and changes along the way, one after another, left behind and scattered; especially the most damaged department of Shi Jingsi before, there were only two or three left. A hundred people followed.
It can be said that this overnight retreat caused them to lose 10% to 30% of their troops out of thin air. As for the feudal knights who gathered under Xiangling City, they saw the situation worse, and they were too far behind to flee before them; they couldn't count on it for a while.
In addition, the town guards, soil regiments, and township soldiers gathered in those places, as well as the united soldiers of some states, were abandoned as bait to cope with and attract thieves. Naturally, it was unreasonable.
Therefore, in a sense, because Li Siyuan walked the slowest after the break, but because someone patted for him to smooth the subsequent obstacles and ambushes, he was able to withdraw his team back almost completely.
Nevertheless, after converging with the local team led by Li Sizhao's team. Linfen, a large city in Shangzhou that traverses the central plains of the Fen River Basin, has also regrouped nearly 50,000 people, and they are all relatively sharp and robust soldiers from Hedong with well-equipped horses and ample food and equipment.
Therefore, Li Siyuan, who is the general manager of the march on the South Road, will inevitably once again think about and plan a plan to counter and attack the Taiping Army approaching to the south. However, this time he was met by Li Sizhao, the deputy commander of the Fanhan Mabudu and others, who firmly opposed and dissent during the military discussion.
The reason for Li Sizhao and others is also very simple. Since the cavalry attack that the Hedong army relies on is good at, it is difficult to shake the firearm array that the Taiping thieves are steadily advancing in the field wave battle; and those who are attached to the battle are even more miserable. , Then the only way to learn from the lesson and avoid weaknesses.
For example, the strategy of confronting the enemy has changed and changed, using the thick walls of the big city as cover and relying on it, and more bows, crossbows, and large weapons are used to resist the strong defense of the city; then a few cavalry will be dragged out to echo and contain them, and make them At the time of the long-term fatigue, the flaws and opportunities are exposed, and then they are attacked with the core.
Rather than continue to rush to launch a counter-offensive, wasting the troops and morale that were so easily gathered back in vain; just trying to get such a front line for the sake of temperament may cause the probability of setbacks for the enemy.
However, for Li Siyuan, this means that the vassals headed by many damaged forces will lose control of the battle situation in disguise and give up the dominance of the South Road army.
Because in accordance with the key of this layout, they will all lead the horse team to adventure outside, which is undoubtedly unacceptable. However, Li Sizhao, who has been acting in the army with bowed head and ears, suddenly chose this opportunity to raise troubles.
In a later statement, although Li Siyuan insisted on taking advantage of the enemy’s unsettled foothold, he quickly decided to counterattack; but apparently this objection and other propositions put forward by Li Sizhao seemed more justified and invulnerable. Received a lot of echoes and echoes.
Even the little uncle who led troops from Qinzhou to support Li Kening, the Datong defensive envoy, was waiting for Li Cunzhi. Li Cunhao, Li Cunshi and others also actively and secretly supported it. This seems to be a more stable strategy.
In addition, compared with Li Siyuan and others who were mostly damaged in strength, the Li Sizhao and others who were left behind in Linfen City were relatively well preserved and mastered the key to city defense and food weapons.
Therefore, the bargaining chips and power balance that the two sides can now play have been faintly reversed. And to the unfavorable direction that shakes Li Siyuan's authority and influence.
You know, in accordance with the system and practice inherited in Daibei and the Great Wall, as Zhu Xieyi Sheng/Li Ke’s confidant adopters, each has a team that has experienced battles and is only obedient. Seen as instructing if Directly under the arm of soldiers and horses; as a basis for controlling and suppressing other troops.
Therefore, even if Li Siyuan is the manager of the South Road, he can reward and punish or replace some of them, thinking that he will deal with them immediately before the battle; but he is not qualified to go past them and command them directly; let alone ignore the opinions of the majority. Arbitrary or arbitrary.
In the end, it was the Kuro-Kang Junli, who saw that the situation was not good in the atmosphere of the faint opposition, and quickly jumped out and complained on the spot, paving the way for the dilemma Li Siyuan to step down, thinking that it was a compromise and a compromise condition in disguise.
That is to say, the general framework of Li Sizhao's defensive counterattack plan with the invading thief army based on the great city of Linfen and evidence remains the same; but the cavalry force that is used as a check and echo when going abroad also needs to be greatly strengthened as a decisive means;
Therefore, Li Siyuan pinched his nose and reluctantly agreed to it after a rather protracted wrangling; let the south road director Li Siyuan lead the cavalry units that went out to give priority to the deployment of soldiers in the city to supplement and strengthen, and at the same time took away almost The horses and half of the grain and grass collected in the city are accumulated.
However, after the Haohao **** cavalry led by Li Siyuan once again drove out of Linfen City; Shi Jingsi, who put on a striking white shirt again, couldn't help but say to Li Siyuan, who was riding the horse:
"Manager, where should we go next..."
"Naturally, I went north to Nanguan (Yindiguan) for some repairs..."
Li Siyuan said without hesitation:
"what?"
Shi Jingsi couldn't conceal a bit of error: You know, this Yindiguan is in the mountains north of Linfen, which inevitably runs counter to the task they are currently undertaking.
"Since Erlang is committed to this attack and wants to divide my military power to specialize this work, then I can only have his own mind..."
Li Siyuan, while riding his horse to speed up, almost calmly wrote:
"Anyway, this Nanguan is only twenty or thirty miles away from Linfen. There will be something to do in the future, that is, it will be a momentary effort."
"Since the two brothers are meeting outside while waiting outside, it is natural to choose a place that is safe enough to think of as a way of retreat and backing! Besides, if you are dragging the enemy outside, then it doesn't matter the difference between east and south. "
And another general, Li Sien (Luo Yangxing), who had just returned to his command, also proactively echoed.
(PS: Yindiguan: Fifty miles southwest of Lingshi County, Shanxi Province, where Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty used to stay here when he took Huoyi. Because another narrow section of the Fenshui River Valley was to be flushed with cold springs a few miles to the north, it was commonly called Yin Diguan is Nanguan.)
—I am the dividing line of east, west, south and north—
And in the city of Chang'an where the heat is at the end, after the morning rain when the temperature is somewhat cooler, a new day is coming in a shallow humidity;
"What is this? Is it a newly invented persuasive method?"
Zhou Huaian, who had just gotten out of bed and had a morning meal in the soup pool, looked at the news in front of him with a little bit of laughter:
It can be said that since the Taiping Army defeated the Western Army and gained a firm foothold in the pass, and got the effect of Zhu Laosan who occupied the eastern capital in disguise, various incidents of auspicious and strange omen have begun to emerge again.
For example, in the Daxingshan Temple where Zhou Huai’an once stayed in Chang’an City, there suddenly grew out of a large thatch of Zizhi; another example, the moment before Zhou Huai’an entered Chang’an, someone saw Dongdai leaked outside the courtyard by thunder and fire. The sudden dead wood that has been dead for many years comes in spring;
A few days ago, a magpie as big as a chicken said: "The purple air is heavy in the sky, and the saint is in the palace." It looks like a certain customary routine that has been inherited for thousands of years and has been disrupted in all dynasties and generations.
No, not long after the Hezhong Mansion was laid down, someone was already outside the Yellow River ferry at the Dayu Temple near the Shoushan Mountain. Suddenly, the sky was lit up at night, and an ancient sword with a color like copper and rust like green was salvaged. And this ancient sword is faintly engraved with the sun, moon and stars on one edge of the sword, and the mountains and plants on the other.
Then what happened was even more nonsense; because there were also famous people who vowed on the spot that this was probably made by the ancient heavenly gods and the bronze of the mountain for the Yellow Emperor, and then returned to Xuanyuan of the Yellow River with Xia Yu. The sword now coincides with the birth of the eternal emperor and no longer embarrassed himself.
This is not just a bit of nonsense. You must know that in history, the Emperor Xuanyuan used a sword to determine the geography of mountains and rivers. However, the characters of the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers and trees were not something that Zhou Huai'an had directly moved from later game anime when he was telling stories in Canton in his early years.
Does this mean that after a lie has been spread a thousand times, 10,000 times, and hundreds of thousands of times, it will become the ultimate result of the truth. At this time, there was another announcement from the outside world:
"Jing Xiang, a special consultant of the Great Lecture Institute, came to meet..." (End of this chapter)