Chapter 265

Gu Huairen smell speech deeply looked at Zhong Li envy one eye, eyes deep reveal a trace of disappointment. It's not that he can't listen to the harsh words. He is a man of great temperament, and he has been a military officer for nearly ten years. Naturally, his breadth of mind and bearing are not comparable to those of ordinary people. It's just that Zhong Lixian's words have lost the foundation of being a general.

Lu Kuo made great efforts to make Da Qian achieve today's result with so little loss. He can reduce the casualties of front-line soldiers as far as possible through overall consideration, but it's not the same as Xiang zhonglixian. As a front-line general, what he has to do is to lead his soldiers to fight against the enemy, not to be afraid of the war, Only to consider how many people under his command will be killed by the war, Zhong Lixian's words are just putting the cart before the horse in Gu Huairen's eyes.

Looking at Zhong Lixian, Gu Huairen can't help thinking of the whole nobility class of Da Qian. The peak of Da Qian's nobility is undoubtedly the government of the eight great powers and the Lin family, who has just regained their ancestral position as the Duke of the country. Next, there are the thirty-six civil and military Marquis, and then the county Marquis, county Marquis, and township marquis. Zhong Lixian was born in the Wenli Marquis's house among the thirty-six civil and military marquis, His father is Zhong lilun, the present Minister of rites.

At first, he thought that Zhong Lixian was the first-class talent among the nobility. After all, he could only lead the Navy. Even Heyang king and Gan Shuai of Han Navy were full of praise. But today, Gu Huairen was deeply disappointed by his words. At this time, he really understood why the emperor, the eldest princess and his brother Lu Chun shared life and death, Why should the poor family be promoted? Why should the balance of the court be rebuilt after the crown prince takes over the throne. Why did he give his future son-in-law such heavy rights to ascend to a high position before he was crowned.

The nobility who once established the country is fading away, and the rising aristocratic families are seeking more and more power and interests. So we have to support the poor families with bright stars, let these poor students full of vigor and sincere mind occupy the court, and also help the people to have a clear and fair world.

Gu Huairen was in a trance when he thought of this. From his own standpoint, he didn't want to see such a scene. However, as a military Minister of the generation, he naturally knew that only in this way could Da Qian once again glow with more vitality after he reached his peak. Thinking of this, Gu Huairen felt as if there was a fire in his heart. If he didn't want to explode again, he would burn quietly in his chest, It's hard for him.

Wei Jiu, who has been making friends with Gu Huairen since he was in the Academy, knows this matter when he looks at Gu Huairen's face. There is a fire brewing in his heart, which can break out at any time. He quickly goes to Zhong Lixian, taps him, and signals to him with his eyes.

Zhong Lixian looks up at Gu Huairen's eyes, and his heart is filled with awe. At this time, he realizes that he has some problems. Gu Huairen, as a military prime minister, is in charge of Huangyan river. All the troops on the north line of Tianxing are controlled by him, even the commanders like Wei Jiu and Shen Zhang. What he says is military orders, which are like mountains, How could he, a little general, retort, or use the soldiers' lives as an excuse to say that they are afraid of war. They are here to conquer Tianxing. Since it is a war between the two countries, how can they save their troops and be afraid of war. Think of here, Zhong Li envy not from be ashamed of full face flushed.

Zhong Lixian didn't expect that his words just led to so many ideas of Gu Huairen. Such things as the court structure were not in his consideration. He just wanted to be a general, otherwise he would not have gone to the army after he graduated from the Academy.

However, Zhong Lixian is an upright man. He thinks about all this, bows his hands with his fists, and says firmly, "Gu Xiang, you will know your mistake, and you will be willing to lead the navy to fight against Tianxing Navy, but you will not live up to Gu Xiang's trust."

Zhong Lixian really wants to fight against the star water army. It's not because of the military orders of Huairen, but because he remembers his original intention when he first came to Huangyanjiang river. At that time, he had only 25000 water troops under his command, and he dared to compete with the star water army. Now waige has transferred the Qingquan canal water army, and the Yulin and benlei water armies have arrived here one after another, He has no reason to be afraid of the fact that the strength of the navy has reached 60000.

Gu Huairen nodded his head and said absentmindedly, "go back to the water stronghold first."

"No, I will leave at last." Zhong Lixian had to say something more, but seeing Gu Huairen wave him away, he hurriedly made a military salute and turned to leave the tent.

After Zhong Lixian left, there were only Gu Huairen, Wei Jiu and Shen Zhang left in the account. Gu Huairen leaned on the table with one hand and rubbed his eyebrows wearily. Wei Jiu and Shen Zhang, who were separated from each other, looked at each other, and their eyes were all puzzled. They didn't know why Zhong Lixian's words just made Gu Huairen have such a big reaction.

Under the sign of Shen Zhang, Wei Jiu, who has a better relationship with Gu Huairen, said, "second brother, Zhong Lixian just said it unintentionally. After all, since the beginning of the battle of the stars, we are trying to achieve the results on the premise of preserving our own strength. He didn't think about it for a moment, and it can't be wrong."

"Well, you don't have to intercede with him. I don't mean to blame him." Gu Huairen sat up straight and said, "if it's strange, it's rooted in Lu que. His layout is too concerned about the lives of the front-line officers and soldiers. In the past few months, he has made them get used to it."

Wei Jiu and Shen Zhang nodded with a smile. They were Lu Que's uncle and father-in-law. They had a good relationship with Lu Que in the battle to annihilate the mad lion last year. Naturally, they were not afraid that these words would spread to Lu que. What's more, they just agreed with Gu Huairen, his future father-in-law.

"Yan Tuohai is eager to fight a decisive battle on the river, so we will make a situation that we will no longer tolerate fighting with him. As for whether we want to fight this decisive battle, I really don't have a good idea. I want to hear the ideas of the two virtuous brothers." Gu Huairen asked.

"It's good to fight, and it's good not to fight. It depends on how to choose." Seeing that Wei Jiu motioned for him to speak, Shen Zhang pondered for a moment and said, "if we fight, we now have 60000 Marines. Although there are some deficiencies in the warships, we can choose the best from the 60000 Marines, and 40000 of them will be enough to fight Yan Tuohai's star Marines. In this way, even if 40000 water forces and star water forces are both defeated, the seeds of reconstruction will be left. "

"Choose the best and rejoin the army?" Gu Huairen thought carefully for a while and nodded his head. "It's a good idea. Although the 60000 water troops are from the Changqing army, the Yulin army, the benlei army and the Qingquan City Zhuo guard, they all use the same code of conduct. Unified command will not cause problems, and it can also enhance combat effectiveness and mobility."

Seeing Gu Huairen's eyes, Shen Zhang continued, "the reason Yan Tuohai is looking for a decisive battle is to destroy all our warships, so as to gain strategic time for Tianxing. But this time is not important to us. As long as this water army is in one day, Yan Tuohai will worry about it. As long as he has worries, we can lock him here firmly, This is the advantage of not fighting. "

"You mean we're not going to cross Henan?" Gu Huairen asked in surprise.

Shen Zhang nodded and said, "brother Gu, brother Wei, in fact, I always think that Lu que has arranged the whole war situation too carefully and reserved the way for everything. In fact, it is not necessary to do so many times. For now, Fengxiang army has divided forces to attack Pingshan pass. As long as Qingcheng can win Pingshan pass, we don't have to worry about whether we want to cross the river now."

"What do you think?" Gu Huairen smell speech to think for a while, and look to Wei drunk asked.

Wei Jiu took a look at Shen Zhang and said, "my view is the same. A small Pingshan pass can't stop her niece. As long as she conquers Pingshan pass and goes out of Pingshan gorge, she can attack Yan Tuohai to the north. After that, the northeast can advance to Tianxing capital. At that time, whether it's Yan Tuohai or the garrison of Heyan City, she must make a choice, It will be much easier for us to cross the river then. "

"The city Gu Huairen gets up and goes to the gate of the military tent. He lifts the curtain of the tent and looks to the south through the rain outside. He knows that his daughter is leading the army to Pingshan pass at this time. According to the calculation of time, he can meet Zhuge Ya in one or two days. When he thinks of his daughter, who is held in his hand, galloping and marching in such weather, Gu Huairen feels heartache.

"We can't depend on a woman, even if she is my daughter. If Pingshan pass is deadlocked again, the war situation is likely to reverse. After all, Qiu Xu's army is still intact. " Gu Huairen thought for a while, then suddenly turned around and said, "there must be a purpose for us to cross the river. We will do it according to the previous plan."

Wei Jiu and Shen Zhang look at each other with a smile. They both seem to have guessed that Gu Huairen would make such a choice. They both nod and agree.

"The benlei army was set up to deal with the tide of beasts. Of the 300000 troops, only 50000 benlei rode heavily as cavalry, but the bodies of the benlei beasts were too big and heavy. So this time, the troops crossing the river can only come from my badminton army. The total number of my newly established badminton scouts battalion is 5000. Although it can't compare with the previous ones, they have trained for more than half a year. They are all excellent young men of first class. It's time for them to correct their name. " Wei drunk said.

"Five thousand people, isn't it a little less?" Gu Huairen frowned when he heard that at least 10000 people would have to cross the river. In this way, he would have a choice. Either he would establish a strategic fulcrum on the south bank, harass Yan Tuohai army, or go straight to Pingshan pass and attack his daughter Gu Qingcheng from north to south. Then everything would be decided according to the strategic needs, so they would have a lot of room to move.

"Second brother, there are more than 5000 people. After all, we don't have so many boats." Wei Jiu reminds a way.

"That's some ~" before Gu Huairen finished his words, he heard a disorderly cry outside the tent. Then a white shadow rushed into the tent. The three people in the tent were all surprised. He looked at the white shadow coming in, but it was the white jackdaw Dongya who belonged to Gu Qingcheng.

"Dongya, why are you here, but what's the matter with Qingcheng?" Gu Huairen looked at the white feather jackdaw, who came down to his case. He was stunned and turned to wave back the guards who rushed in. He could not recognize this strange bird growing up in Dingguo government.

The white jackdaw's smart eyes turned when he heard the words. His sharp beak pecked twice on the long way. He took a metal tube in his mouth and threw it to Gu Huairen. Then he looked at himself in the tent, as if he was looking for something.

Gu Huairen knew what he was looking for when he saw it. He immediately asked someone to bring fresh meat, cut it into strips with a dagger and feed it to the white jackdaw bit by bit. While feeding, he said, "this is the army. There is no good preserved meat. You should deal with it first. I'll order someone to roast some cooked meat for you later."

White feather jackdaw smell speech very humanized nodded.

Wei Jiu and Shen Zhang on one side were amazed by this scene. They had not seen the white jackdaw before, but the white jackdaw at that time was far less intelligent than it is now. Less than a year later, the white jackdaw was not only bigger, but also more intelligent.

Seeing that the white feather jackdaw had eaten a few pieces of meat, he flew to a weapon rack and closed his eyes to sleep. Gu Huairen wiped his hands, opened the metal tube, and took out two pieces of paper rolled together. When he saw the contents of the first piece of paper, he was very pleased, and then spread out the second piece of paper to look at it carefully for a while. He couldn't help laughing.

"Brother Gu, what happened." Seeing the change of Gu Huairen, Wei Jiu and Shen Zhang looked at each other and were at a loss.

"Do you remember that Lu que released Zhai Ning and his soldiers after the war of hexingyuan last year?" Gu Huairen asked.

"I remember that, of course." They nodded.

"It was in the north of Huangyan river that Lu que released Zhai Ning. At that time, Yan Tuohai and his xiyuanze army had already deployed defense on the South Bank of Huangyan river. How did he cross Huangyan river?" Gu Huairen said.

Wei Jiu and Shen Zhang's eyes were bright when they heard that Zhai Ning used the ferry to cross the river secretly. After all, at that time, the sky was in chaos, and Yan Tuohai was just hard to return. It was inevitable that they would take care of one thing and lose the other. But Gu Huairen said that, which was obviously not the case. Thinking of this, they both looked at the two thin papers in front of Gu Huairen.

It turned out that after Gu Qingcheng's leaders met Zhai Ning at the junction of Heyan and Xihe counties, they accidentally talked about it in a small chat during a March. What Gu Qingcheng didn't expect was that Zhai Ning crossed the Huangyan river with his troops not taking advantage of the chaotic situation at that time, but at the place near xiyuanze. According to Zhai Ning, although the river was wide, However, under the river, there is a stone bridge that I don't know when to build or when to be submerged. As long as I don't choose the time when the river is surging, I can wade across the river.

It's just that it's too close to xiyuanze. If it wasn't for Zhai Ning's hopelessness at that time, he would not have gone there. Maybe the secret is still unknown. Gu Qingcheng was very happy when he heard the news. He used the white feather jackdaw to send a message to his father on the North Bank of Huangyan river for the first time.

"It's a gift. It's a gift." Shen Zhang looks at Gu Qingcheng's hand drawn map with an excited face.

"But where is the picture?" Gu Huairen looks at the terrain drawn on the map and frowns.

"To the west of guheyuan, to the south of xiyuanze, to the junction of Tianxing and Nanli." Wei Jiu took out the marching map and compared it carefully according to the terrain drawn on the paper. Then he pointed to a place on the map and said excitedly.

"It's a little far from us here." Gu Huairen also looked at the place Wei Jiu pointed to, his eyes couldn't help but move, and then said to Wei Jiu, "third, you immediately pick out a sentinel from the Yulin scouting camp, and let them go to investigate immediately. If it's true, the flying eagle will report."

"Well, I'll do it now." Knowing that it was not too late for Wei Jiu to do so, he quickly took out a moustache pen from the penholder and spread out a silk painting. Although this sketch is simple, it is more detailed than Gu Qingcheng's. He has marked all the nearby mountains and rivers, which is also for scouts to find the place better. As a result, Wei Jiu took up the silk he had just painted and put it on his lips. He put it in the crevice of the armour and made a big account.

"Shen Xiandi, what's your expression? Is there anything wrong with the terrain on this map?" Seeing Wei Jiu leave, Gu Huairen looks at Shen Zhang. He just wants to say something, but he is looking at the marching map without blinking. His brow is locked and his face is dignified.

Shen Zhang said with a slightly relaxed face, "according to the picture of Qingcheng, the stone bridge hidden under the river is near the miasma border of xiyuanze in the north, but it is a hill in the south. This may be the reason why it has not been found all the time, and there is nothing wrong with it. But that's why I'm worried. After all, this year's xiyuanze is not last year's xiyuanze. "

As the commander of 300000 thundering legions, Shen Zhang's first task is not to guard against Nanli and Tianxing, but to guard against xiyuanze. He doesn't know when the animal tide will break out, so he has a deeper understanding of xiyuanze than others, although he doesn't know when the animal tide will break out, However, he knew that the miasmatic boundary, which shrouded the whole xiyuanze, was constantly flowing, and the place ten li away from the boundary would be shrouded for a few days from time to time with the flow of the miasmatic boundary. Therefore, the watchtowers set up by the thunder army to monitor xiyuanze are all ten miles away

The place depicted in Gu Qingcheng's picture is too close to xiyuanze. Although it is impossible to see whether it is within ten li of xiyuanze from the picture, if it is, it is also a risky thing to use the hidden stone bridge to cross the river.

Because Gu Qingcheng, his daughter, was trapped in xiyuanze last year. Gu Huairen had consulted many ancient books and documents about xiyuanze, and naturally understood what Shen Zhang said. However, he didn't care much and said, "everything has its own rules, even xiyuanze is no exception. Since it is a border flow, it has its omen, and it can't be achieved overnight."