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Chapter 442 Men Need Concentration and Endurance
If the battle situation on Qingxu's side was similar to Liu Yishou's estimation, then the situation on Nanyang's side was much worse than originally expected, almost on the verge of losing control.

Gao Huan's counter-insurgency army has not seen any movement for a long time, and He Bayue's troops did not occupy Deng County as expected, but stayed in Xinye honestly, collecting food and grass everywhere, as if they didn't come to occupy the territory at all.

Although Liu Yishou was not in a hurry, Yang Zhong and others under his command could no longer hold back, feeling that the development of the battle situation was out of control.

It's okay for He Bayue's team, but Gao Huan's team never expected to be so calm.

The Han River does not freeze in winter, and Liu Yishou, who was bored in the city, took advantage of the fact that it was not snowing, took Hu Luxian and a few followers to fish on the Han River in the north of Xiangyang City, looking leisurely.

He didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, but the Sand Sculpture King Hu Luxian felt his brows burning, as if there were monkeys running around in his body, almost to the point of fidgeting.

"Aren't you reading Chunqiu all day? Why are you still so anxious?"

Wearing a big cloak, sitting by the side of the boat, Liu Yishou, holding a fishing rod, inadvertently asked Hu Lv, who was on duty behind him.

"I'm reading, but I don't quite understand it! What the lord wants to do, I can't see through it now."

Hu Luxian sighed, he did not continue to ask many taboo words.The principle of secrecy in the military is still very important. In history, because of asking too many questions and giving too many ideas, innocent people were killed.

In fact, it wasn't that he didn't know what Liu Yishou wanted to do. It was just that after the initial plan was implemented, the enemy didn't act as originally planned.This can be very frustrating.

"Before the Battle of Changping, Qin and Zhao had confronted each other for a long time, sometimes for more than ten months. Now we have only been here in Nanyang for less than two months. What is there to worry about?"

Liu Yishou turned his head and smiled, "I'm not in a hurry, let alone you."

He waved his hand, signaling Hu Luxian not to think too much.

It was really unexpected that Gao Huan didn't make a move.But in this case, it was the same as when the discount coupons that should have been there were not released when shopping.It's true that you can't buy anything cheaper, but it doesn't seem to cost money, does it?

Liu Yishou could see very clearly that he temporarily lost some hidden benefits, and only saw the disadvantages after a year or two.However, calm down and analyze carefully, it is just some "floating losses".

A loss is a loss, but as long as there is no "delivery", that is, the end of the war, it is hard to say who will have the last laugh.

At this moment, a light boat slowly approached the building boat, and a black flag was planted on the bow, waving in the wind.

Hu Luxian whispered in Liu Yishou's ear, "This is the scout we sent out."

"Well, bring him to see me."

Liu Yishou nodded, noncommittal.He pulled the fishing rod, and sure enough, the bait was eaten again, but the fishing rod did not move at all.

"The fish in Xiangyang are very cunning."

Liu Yishou sighed, he didn't know whether he was referring to the cunning of the fish or the cunning of the people.

After a while, the scouts were brought in, and the man respectfully bowed his hands to Liu Yishou and said, "My lord, a small number of troops from the Daxi Military Department in Xinye went to Yexian County, and the flags they unfurled had the word Wei written on them."

"Got it, it's Wei Xiaokuan, please mark it too. Go down and rest."

Liu Yishou smiled slightly, but did not show any expression of surprise.

"My lord, do you need the general to lead a team to Ye County to investigate?"

Hu Luxian asked in a deep voice.He was flustered in Xiangyang, so he might as well go out to see how the situation is.

"It's okay to go and have a look. In the current situation, changes are the greatest good news. Don't act rashly if you find anything. Be sure to report back to me as soon as possible. Remember to remember."

Liu Yishou said casually, as if he didn't take this matter seriously.

It's not that Liu Yishou is drifting away, but no matter how hard He Bayue's men struggle, they all have a fatal flaw.

That is food!
The grain from Nanyang must be sent back to Guanzhong through the Hanshui Corridor, otherwise, next spring He Bayue will be in big trouble.

But it is winter now. Although the Han River has not frozen, the other small rivers are all frozen without exception, and they do not have the conditions to transport grain.He Bayue's men did not transport food, so Liu Yishou naturally had no way to cut off the other party's food road!

This is also one of the reasons why he has been standing still until now, as if nothing happened.

The right time, place and people are harmonious, and the right time comes first.When standing in the wind, pigs can fly in the sky.But if there is no wind, if you want to fly, you'd better wait.

"It shouldn't be, what is wrong?"

Liu Yishou put the bait on the fishing rod again, thinking about the layout of this battle repeatedly in his mind.He asked himself that he still knew Gao Huan very well, and he was worthy of the words "Xiongcai Dalue".

Bad micromanagement does not mean that there is no strategic vision.Gao Huan learned that the whole Nanyang area rebelled, and He Bayue sent people into Xinye. No matter how you look at it, it is unlikely that he will remain indifferent, right?
For this wave of Gao Huan's operation, Liu Yishou was really puzzled.

……

"It shouldn't be, what is wrong?"

In the study room of the Wancheng government office, Cui Shiqian and Cui Cong were also frowning.According to their plan, Gao Huan should now send troops into Nanyang to "counter the rebellion."

Then they can release the second wave of operations: invite He Bayue's men to take over Deng County, and they will serve as horns to defend Nanyang together.

Therefore, Cui Shiqian firmly vetoed Da Xiwu's proposal to take control of Deng County.But Cui Shiqian readily agreed to Wei Xiaokuan's proposal to go north to garrison Ye County.

Someone is willing to be a watchdog, what reason do you have to refuse?
Cui Shiqian felt completely indifferent.Ye County is the northernmost gateway of Nanyang, and its status is indeed very important.However, the enemy is currently there, and it is basically impossible to defend there. Sending troops to garrison is only an early warning.It is not a big deal to transport grain from Wancheng to Ye County.

He assured Wei Xiaokuan that the granary in Wancheng would be responsible for the supply of grain and grass in Ye County, and Wei Xiaokuan was asked to do it himself.If you can't keep it, you can also return to Xinye.

Wei Xiao's broadband people went to Ye County for a few days, but they didn't do anything else.This winter, Nanyang seems to have entered a "stationary state".This made the Cui brothers feel that things might get out of control!
Everyone knows that the greatest threat is the arrow that has not been shot.Boots that have not landed are the most frightening.The less Gao Huan reacted, the more it meant that the other party was not making a move, and was planning an unimaginably powerful counterattack!
The same is true for Liu Yishou in Xiangyang, without any movement, as if he doesn't care about the Cui family's hostility, and doesn't care that a series of cities including Hanzhong were captured by He Bayue's troops.

Cui Shi, who was caught in the cracks, was not as hard as iron.Before, it was just relying on "both sides and right sides" and leveraging strength to fight, so I was full of confidence.Now that the situation in Nanyang was beyond expectations, they were completely panicked.

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In the era of cold weapons, luck, as an important factor affecting war, is far more important than it is in modern times.Sometimes bad luck is enough to offset many deliberate plans.

Including Liu Yishou, all parties planning to use troops in Nanyang may never have imagined that the reason why Gao Huan's soldiers and horses did not appear in Nanyang was not because Gao Huan saw through the "chaos" and restrained the temptation.

The real reason, on the contrary, is that Gao Huan's forces have many branches of politics, and they have not been fully integrated.When Gao Huan was commanding the battle in Jinzhou, Gao Yue couldn't handle the military leaders staying in Hebei!
After bidding farewell to Gao Huan in Huguan City, Gao Yue, who took the seal and Gao Huan's personal letter, returned to Yecheng with a lot of worries, but was shocked to find that he was unable to mobilize a single soldier to put down the rebellion!

Dou Tai, Gao Huan's brother-in-law, She Digan, the leader of the Shedi tribe in Xianbei, and Liu Gui, Gao Huan's confidant and good friend, were unwilling to transfer the headquarters to Gao Yue's command.

Of course, I won't refuse so directly, in short, I just find various reasons to shirk.After Gao Yue had his nose turned gray, he secretly inquired, and finally found out the true intentions of those people.

In a word, it is no problem to send troops to Nanyang to suppress the rebellion, but we don't trust you Gao Yue at all, and it is impossible for you to take command.When Gao Wang will come back, we can leave at any time, without any ambiguity.

Don't blame us for being too cautious about the important matter of the soldiers.In short, if Gao Wang comes back to question the crime, we will stand up straight and be beaten without involving you, but you don't have to ask yourself here and again.

However, the trilogy of Li Yuanzhong, Feng Longzhi and others evaded and said that they would not accept military orders abroad, and they had to guard Suiyang, Xingyang and other places in order to cover Gao Aocao who was resisting the Liang army in Qingxu in the hinterland of Henan.

Of course, if that was the case, Gao Yue could still think of a way to gather the private army stationed in Xindu first, set off first and then recruit county soldiers along the way, and station in Nanyingchuan County north of Ye County first.

The point is that Gao Huan's schemers Sun Teng, Sima Ziru and others also believed that the chances of winning the crusade against Nanyang were extremely small, and they did not support Gao Yue's sending troops to Nanyang.

Different reasons, the same refusal, Gao Yue could be said to have no response in Ye City.

Sun Teng and the others couldn't say what they meant too clearly. In fact, it was the same sentence: Gao Huan led the troops out to make waves by himself, and no one said anything. After all, he was the boss who was responsible for his own profits and losses.

But Gao Yue led his troops out to wave, and it was fine if he won, but if he lost, who could bear this big pot?

Every time troops are dispatched, the relevant counselors must bear part of the responsibility.If you don't stand up when you should stand up to stop it, you're just pretending to be a dead dog.If you lose at that time, you will really be beaten into a dead dog.

Gao Huan asked Sun Teng to look at Yecheng, and Sun Teng naturally couldn't let Gao Yue take away all the remaining elite soldiers in Hebei to suppress Cui Shiqian who rebelled in Nanyang!This is why the cart cannot be put before the horse.

On the one hand, although Gao Yue has performed brilliantly in history, he hasn't followed Gao Huan long enough, and his personal prestige is not very good.Those old brothers around Gao Huan may be able to obey Gao Huan's own words.However, they couldn't trust a member of Gao Huan's clan to command and command the various troops.

This is already half the battle!

On the other hand, Gao Huan's advisers in Ye City, including Sun Teng, all opposed the simultaneous "war on three fronts"!Sun Teng has already written to Gao Huan. In the letter, Sun Teng gave Gao Huan two suggestions.

Either you send an elite soldier back (such as Duan Shao and his direct descendants), and based on this elite army, piece together some peripheral parts as the main force to quell the rebellion in Nanyang.Of course, it's best if you lead the troops yourself.

Or, just bear with it for a while, and after Er Zhurong is dealt with, or after Er Zhurong retreats, you will come back and lead troops to suppress the rebellion. This is safe and good.This wave is just a piece of meat bitten off by a dog, and we will fight back sooner or later.

As for Gao Yue, Sun Teng knew the truth of not being close to each other, so he didn't say a word, but implied in the letter that Gao Yue's qualifications were too young to convince the crowd, and it was extremely inappropriate for him to be in command of Nanyang at this juncture.

For a while, the matter of sending troops to Nanyang to suppress the rebellion was shelved, and no one mentioned it!Sun Teng wrote a letter to Gao Huan, Gao Yue also wrote a letter to Gao Huan, and even She Diqian, Dou Tai and others gave Gao Huan confidence and stated their interests.

……

An unremarkable courtyard not far from Bafu in Yecheng is Gao Cheng's "secret base".There are so many people in Ba's Mansion, and they are still under the eyes of his mother Lou Zhaojun, making Gao Cheng feel suffocated.

So he deliberately set up a small courtyard not far away, so that he can discuss important matters with his cronies on weekdays.By the way, Zu Teng would occasionally recruit some beautiful Yuan family women to "play" here, gambling and having fun.

On this day, Gao Cheng had just had a good time with a woman from the Yuan family who was married to a small official in Ye City. After sending her away, he and Zu Ting went to the study to discuss important matters!
"The last time we forged an imperial decree and sent it to Cui Shiqian, this guy immediately rebelled. Was he forced to rebel by us, or was it that they were about to rebel, and they just pushed the boat along?"

Gao Cheng asked Zu Ting with a guilty conscience. He had been pondering this question in his mind for many days, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the other party's rebellion was entirely because he and Zu Ting forged an "imperial decree".

"My lord, it's obviously because the Cui family is going to rebel. We have exposed their plot, why is it wrong, my lord?"

Zu Ting was eloquent, and Gao Cheng's sense of guilt was dispelled with one sentence.

"Gao Yue came here with my father's edict, but the generals refused to accept it. Are you just watching the Cui family in Nanyang being arrogant?"

Gao Cheng asked with some dissatisfaction.

Zu Ting had abilities in other areas, but his ability to lead troops in battle was mediocre, and he couldn't think of any good constructive ideas at all.He only has crooked tricks.

"But..."

Zu Ting rolled his eyes and whispered in Gao Cheng's ear: "However, the prince can discuss with Gao Yue. As long as the prince can be the deputy commander, then we can persuade the generals to support him as the commander. In this way, King Gao's order can also be accepted." It has been implemented, so why not do it?"

Zu Ting had already guessed that Gao Cheng's desire to make contributions was very strong, even to the point of impatience, so there was nothing better than staying in the counter-insurgency army to gain seniority.

It was indeed not difficult for Gao Cheng and Gao Yue to finalize this matter, but there was still an important issue that could not be resolved.

"Gao Yue will definitely agree, but how can we convince the many generals stationed in Yecheng and Hebei?"

Gao Cheng understood very well that he had no prestige in the army at all, and it was difficult to say anything.

"The son's words are indeed useless now, but if there is someone else, it will still be very useful."

Zu Ting whispered three words in Gao Cheng's ear.

　After the tooth was extracted, he lost consciousness on half of his face. . . .Vote here.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)