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For several days in a row, the cold wind and snow swept through the mountains and rivers, whitewashing the sky.

The snow was falling heavily.

Inside and outside the Han Valley, only reckless.

Up and down the river, suddenly lost and surging.

It must be a sunny day, and look at the red makeup, which is extraordinarily enchanting.

Eight days passed quietly, and on the ninth day, the sky cleared.

The snow, covered with mountains and rivers, imprisoned the Jiuqu Yellow River, but could not hide the stagnant atmosphere that permeated the sky over Hangu Pass.

Hangu Pass, the great general.

In the main hall, the civil ministers gathered and the military generals gathered, gathering all the civil and military generals who followed the hussar general Li Li on the expedition.

On the left side of the hall, Jia Xu, the left army division, was in the first place, followed by Guo Jia, the right army division, followed by the general mansion chief book, the military law Zheng, the original left Feng Ling Taishou was transferred to Hongnong Taishou Guan Ning, and the rest were more than 100 subordinate officials of Jingzhao Yin Sanfu counties.

On the right side of the lobby, Teng Xiao is the leader, followed by Bo Cai, Li Xian, Huan Fei, Ma Chao, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Pang De, Hu Che'er, Dong Yue, Guo Meng, Li Zheng, Hu Zhen, Yang Ding, Cheng Gongying, Tie Xiao, Cao Xing, and Jin Gu; Xu Chu, Chen Dao, Xu Huang, He Yi, He Man and Zheng Gu, as well as Ma Wan, Yang Qiu, Huan Shuang, Huan Quan and Ma Dai and other generals, a total of more than 200 people.

The generals who did not come to participate in the pre-war deliberations this time were more than a dozen generals above the rank of generals, including Xu Rong, general of Pingnan, Huang Zhong, Cheng Yi, Liang Xing, and Huan Zhong, deputy commanders of the Wuwei battalion. Besides. There are also a few generals who led their troops to go out with the army, but they have never appeared in the conference hall, which are Yan Xing, Wang Yue, Shi A and others in the "Eagle Eye".

Now. All the civil and military forces of the Xiliang Army were present, and on the left rear of the upper rank stood Li Zhi, the commander of the pro-guard army, who was not moving, but the position of the general was vacant.

"Tom, tom!"

As the sound of low and steady footsteps entered the lobby, Li Li's tall and upright figure appeared in everyone's sight, and the hall suddenly quieted down, and all the civil and military officers held their breath and sat down.

"I'll wait to see my lord!"

"Excuse me. Sit down. ”

Waving his hand to signal everyone to get up and sit down, Li Li looked at everyone in the hall with a smile: "In recent years, we have rarely gotten together. Now in front of the Central Plains princes' army Chen Bing Pass, there is an opportunity for us and other ministers to gather together. The war is imminent, and it is not appropriate to hold a feast to entertain you, but it is not easy for everyone to get together; After the deliberations are completed. The marshal's mansion held a banquet. It's okay for me to have a drink. In addition, I have ordered that nearly 1,000 cattle and sheep be slaughtered in the baggage battalion and distributed to the battalions. ”

"Hahaha!" Li Li's voice fell, and everyone in the hall laughed happily.

Among them, Huan Feihong's bell-like laughter was the loudest: "The lord's good intentions, the last general and others have been looking forward to it for a long time!" In the past few days, the army has banned alcohol, and the last general does not know the taste of food and cannot sleep at night. It's miserable! Hahaha??????"

Li Li shook his head slightly when he heard this, and smiled dumbly: "You don't blush when you lie!" Don't think I don't know. You often drink secretly these days, and every day is no drinking. Fortunately, you still know moderation, a jar of wine a day, and never drink more, otherwise I would have punished you severely! ”

"Ugh!" Huan Fei was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously muttered in a low voice: "The last general has always secretly drunk behind people's backs, how can the lord know??? Uh, no, the last general never drank! ”

"Hahaha??????"

Seeing that Huan Fei didn't admit himself, everyone leaned forward and laughed, among which Ma Chao and Xu Chu laughed the most, and even Li Li couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.

In the midst of laughter, Li Li gradually smiled, and his face showed a solemn look: "Now it is the winter snow season, the cold is unbearable, and the night is especially difficult, so our soldiers have the habit of drinking to keep out the cold." However, the war is imminent, and there are countless examples of drinking and misdeeds since ancient times, and the lessons are profound and vivid.

Feihu is not the only one in the hall who secretly drinks alcohol, General Ben also knows that dozens of people such as Meng Qi, Zhong Kang, Ling Ming, Ma Wan, Yang Qiu and Hu Che'er, you often hide in the camp tent and drink alone. It was forbidden to drink alcohol during the war, which was a military discipline that the Han Dynasty had used for hundreds of years.

From today onwards, under Li Li, the whole army will limit alcohol; Generals are not allowed to drink more than three bowls of alcohol and one bowl of soldiers per day, and the soldiers guarding the gates and the guards of each battalion, regardless of the generals or soldiers, are not allowed to drink a drop of alcohol. This order was communicated to the whole army and was to be implemented on the same day, and the battalion commanders, the deputy commanders' personal soldiers and Jin Yiwei jointly inspected the battalions; Once discovered, the soldier will be punished with 30 rods, the generals will be punished with 50 rods, and those generals above the general level who dare to violate will be punished with 80 rods, and no matter who they are, they will be severely punished! ”

"No!" With Li Li's order, the alcohol restriction order took effect immediately, and everyone in the hall agreed in unison without the slightest objection.

"Hmm." Li Li bowed slightly, waved his hand and motioned for the generals to get up and sit down: "All the soldiers are out on the battlefield, and their lives are in danger at any time. There are no rules, there is no circle, and the march and battle will be carried out in this way. ”

After speaking, without waiting for everyone to respond, Li Li raised his hand to signal that there was no need to say more, and then turned his gaze to the left side of the hall: "Gossip less, let's discuss the matter formally, first let Xiaozhi report the military situation, you must listen to the truth." ”

Fa Zheng got up when he heard this, holding the bamboo slip in his hand but not unfolding it, as if he had memorized the military feelings.

"My lord, generals, as of yesterday evening, the army of 360,000 princes has all crossed the Yellow River, and they have settled in the camp of Loudiyuan, which is forty-two miles away. The allied camp is about 20 miles longitudinal from north to south, about 10 miles horizontally from east to west, reaches the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains in the south, stops the Yellow River in the north, and backs to Feiyundu, completely blocking the passage between our army and the counties in the eastern part of the country, and facing the front of our Hangu Pass.

Since the alliance of the princes, it has been more than two months, that is, sixty-five days. At present, the two counties of Hedong and Hanoi have all fallen into the hands of the Allied forces, to be precise, they should all fall into the hands of Yuan Shao, and the rebel general Zhang Yang will lead the land of the two counties, leading 40,000 temporarily recruited young soldiers and 30,000 Yuan troops to be responsible for the grain and grass of the Allied army.

The Great War to the present. At the beginning of the alliance, there were 470,000 troops, and in the past two months, more than 60,000 new soldiers have been recruited, totaling 530,000 horses. After two battles of Dongyuan Castle and Anyi Castle. The Allies lost more than 50,000 men, of which the White Polish Army was almost completely annihilated; In the first battle of Feiyundu, Cao Cao's 60,000 troops were completely lost, and only 4,000 people fled back to the enemy camp after the battle.

In this battle, our army killed more than 18,000 Cao troops, captured more than 30,000 surrendered soldiers, and thousands of Cao troops fled and hid. Nowhere to be found. During the battle, General Teng Xiao led 8,000 foot soldiers to defend the valley mouth in the north, and fought fiercely with 20,000 horses and horses under the enemy's Ban and Lejin Offices for two hours. Although Cao Jun finally broke through the valley, General Teng Xiao lived up to the trust of the lord, not only completed the heavy task of defending the valley for an hour, but also captured the enemy alive. Postwar. There are only more than 1,000 of our army's 8,000 foot soldiers. The two generals, Guo Meng and Tie Xiao, were seriously injured, and General Teng Xiao was also hit by two arrows, and the fight was fierce. The 20,000 Cao troops died nearly 10,000 people, more than 4,000 wounded soldiers were captured by our army, and the enemy general Le Jin led his troops to escape, and then our army pursued and killed for several days, and finally only more than 1,000 people escaped and survived. At the same time, the battle of Taniguchi in the south. Jin Yiwei suffered more than 5,000 casualties, and his foot soldiers were almost completely killed and wounded. A total of tens of thousands of steps were lost.

Therefore, after two months of fighting, the Allied army lost more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and another 70,000 people remained in the two counties of Hedong and Hanoi, so the Allied troops crossed the river with a total of 360,000 soldiers and horses. Our army lost more than 40,000 people in the Hedong battlefield, and nearly 20,000 people in the battle of Feiyundu, totaling 60,000 people, and the losses were not small; If there was no Feiyundu battle, our army would have suffered even greater losses. At the beginning of the war, our army had 120,000 county soldiers, 130,000 main infantry cavalry and more than 30,000 Hedong county soldiers, a total of 280,000 horses; Today, the county government soldiers have lost more than 40,000 people, nearly 20,000 war cavalry losses, and more than 10,000 wounded soldiers have been sent to Chang'an to recuperate, so our army has 200,000 foot cavalry.

Here, there is one thing that has to be mentioned, that is, among the existing men and horses of our army, there are many war horses and few infantry, there are less than 80,000 infantry troops, and there are still 20,000 heavy soldiers among them, which is not conducive to holding the pass. ”

Fa Zheng's last sentence undoubtedly put forward his own point of view, that is, the next battle cannot be blindly defensive, and taking the initiative is an inevitable choice.

Li Li waved his hand noncommittally to signal Fa Zheng to sit down, and then looked at Jia Xu: "In this battle, what is Wenhe's good strategy?" ”

Jia Xu waved his hand to salute, his eyes swept over the generals, and a calm and calm look appeared on his face: "My lord, what you said about filial piety did not mention the distribution of our army's troops, and Weichen will add a little here." At present, our army has a total of 210,000 troops, of which General Xu Rong led 40,000 horses to garrison Xingyang, and General Huang Zhong led 15,000 Wuwei Battalion infantry troops to reinforce Wuguan and defend Wuguan with Chengyi.

Therefore, in fact, the soldiers who stayed in Hangu Pass were full of 160,000, and there were only more than 40,000 foot soldiers, including 10,000 heavily armored trap camps under General Gao Shun, 5,000 crossbowmen under General Cao Xing, 5,000 siege soldiers under General Yang Qiu, and 20,000 county soldiers under the two generals Hu Zhen and Yang Ding, and the rest were thousands of remnants under General Teng Xiao's account, with limited combat strength. ”

Obviously, Jia Xu is different from Fa Zheng, he doesn't have to worry too much, and he doesn't need to be merciful everywhere, just talk about things and be outspoken. Because he has a lot of prestige in the army, most of the generals respect him very much, so the generals he mentions will not be dissatisfied, and can accept it calmly.

Just when the generals were thinking, Jia Xu's next few words made everyone feel uplifted and their morale was high.

"Since the fierce battle, although our army has continuously lost cities and land, and almost handed over most of the divisions to the princes and allies, it is not easy for the princes to completely swallow these territories. The Xingyang battalion garrisoned by General Xu Rong alone was able to hold on for two months, blocking the retreat and grain and grass supply of the Allied forces, forcing them to have to turn over grain and grass from Hedong County. Moreover, the roads are closed by heavy snowfall, and the reserves of more than 300,000 allied troops in terms of food, grass, and winter clothing, as well as heating problems, may be far less adequate than the preparations of our army. Since then, our army has occupied the right time, place, and people, and how can it be invincible?

Therefore, Jia's strategy for resisting the enemy in this battle is eight words: accumulate thick and thin, and strike later! ”

Jia Xu's strategy of defending against the enemy was supported by Guo Jia, and Li Li agreed, which made the discussion of the Shuai account smooth. After Li Li ordered the troops to give the order, the discussion was over, and then the marshal tent set up a banquet, and the ministers gathered together to feast on the last feast before the war.

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