Chapter 826: An irresistible temptation
Chapter 826 An irresistible temptation
Chapter 824: An irresistible temptation
This time to save the Yuzhou Army from the encirclement, the Feihu Army paid a heavy casualty, just so that the Kwantung Allied Forces could be more united.
After counting, the total number of casualties of the Flying Tiger Army was nearly 1,500.
You must know that the Flying Tiger Army had only been expanded and reorganized not long ago. As a result, the first battle against Dong cost more than half of the casualties. This made Li Cunxiao feel bad.
However, while Li Cunxiao felt distressed, he was also extremely glad that he blocked Li Yuanba. Otherwise, with Li Yuanba's terrifying ability to clear troops, if he killed Huan once he joined the battle, it would be a question whether he could break out this time.
The Flying Tiger Army has been beaten to a semi-disabled state. If it wants to participate in the next war, it must replenish its troops. Otherwise, the Flying Tiger Army will have to watch. This is something Li Cunxiao cannot accept no matter what.
In order to prevent the Flying Tiger Army from being reduced to spectators, Li Cunxiao could only shamelessly beg Qin Hao, hoping to get various supplements as soon as possible.
Qin Hao really had nothing to do with this beloved general. He loved Li Cunxiao's bravery and uprightness. If anyone else dared to play rogue with him like this, Qin Hao would have kicked that person out long ago.
"I know, I know."
Qin Hao interrupted Li Cunxiao who was chattering, rubbed his head, and said helplessly: "The Flying Tiger Army has indeed made great achievements this time, but now there are no reserve troops to replenish it, so..."
Li Cunxiao looked at Qin Hao eagerly, expecting his lord to help him solve the problem, and Qin Hao's next words made him ecstatic.
"Well, except for the ace battalion, you can choose the soldiers in the army. You must restore the Flying Tiger Army to its combat strength as soon as possible."
Li Cunxiao's eyes were full of surprise and he said loudly: "Thank you, Lord."
The Qin Army has a regular army and a reserve army. Each battalion of the regular army is the main force of the army. Although the reserve battalion also enjoys the treatment of a combat camp, when the main battalion suffers casualties, it will be directly withdrawn from the reserve camp. Select troops to replenish.
Every time the troops are replenished, the commanders of each battalion will compete with each other, because the first to select can select soldiers with higher quality.
When replenishing troops in the past, Li Cunxiao was always the first to select the source of troops, but this time there was no reserve battalion among the 60,000 Qin army, so naturally there was no one to replenish the Flying Tiger Army.
Li Cunxiao did not expect that the Lord would ask him to go to the main camp to recruit people. This was something that had never happened since the Qin army was established. He was moved and at the same time extremely happy.
In terms of combat strength, a reserve battalion with frequent changes in personnel is definitely inferior to the main battalion.
With the main battalion's troop resources to supplement it, as long as some simple training is carried out, the Flying Tiger Army will definitely be able to restore or even surpass its heyday's combat strength.
As for whether the commander of the main battalion would be dissatisfied because of this, that was not something Li Cunxiao should care about. Who gave him the permission from his lord?
After leaving the camp, Ran Min couldn't help but ask: "Brother Cunxiao, why didn't you tell the lord that you were about to merge the dual skills?"
Li Cunxiao was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "It's not successful yet. After it is successful, I will tell the lord the same thing."
“But now you need to retreat and concentrate on making breakthroughs.” Ran Min frowned.
Li Cunxiao shook his head indifferently and said with a smile: "Once the internal power starts to merge, it will not stop. The retreat can only be shortened a little time. Compared with the retreat, I prefer the training on the battlefield."
Seeing that Li Cunxiao refused to listen, Ran Min sighed and said, "If my lord knew about it, he would never let you act like this." Li Cunxiao smiled calmly and said, "Now that the war is coming, and Li Yuanba is even worse than in the past, how can I ignore it? My lord, you don’t care about your great cause and go into seclusion alone?”
Of course, Li Cunxiao also wanted to integrate the dual skills as soon as possible to further improve his strength, but with Li Yuanba, a formidable enemy in front of him, how could he go into seclusion alone with confidence?
Li Cunxiao has figured out Li Yuanba's strength and knows that no one in the coalition except him can resist Li Yuanba alone.
If the generals who are second only to him are gathered together to deal with Li Yuanba, although it is very likely that Li Yuanba will be defeated, who will the other fierce generals of the Liang army be able to resist?
Even if Li Yuanba is defeated, but all other aspects are defeated, the price must be too high.
The smallest price for dealing with Li Yuanba is for Li Cunxiao to stop him from wreaking havoc on the battlefield.
Ran Min glanced at him with admiration and sighed: "Why don't you think more about yourself?"
Li Cunxiao looked into Ran Min's eyes and said seriously: "Brother Ran, if you were me, I believe you would make the same choice."
Qin Hao didn't know what happened to Li Cunxiao. He was discussing the feasibility of his plan with Liu Bowen and other counselors at this time.
“Military advisor, do you think Li Shimin will fall into the trap?” Qin Hao looked at Liu Bowen and asked.
Liu Bowen's face was a little serious, and he said seriously: "Master, with Li Shimin's personality, even if it is revealed that it may be a trick, I'm afraid he will still take a gamble."
"Ha ha…"
Qin Hao laughed loudly, and then said with a faint smile: "I also feel that Li Shimin will definitely come out. After all, this is a great opportunity to completely annihilate the Kwantung Allied Forces. It is an irresistible temptation for anyone."
None of the counselors under Qin Hao expected that their master would arrange such a big plan to plot against Li Shimin alone.
In order to plot against Li Shimin, the entire Kwantung Allied Forces was put in danger. Is this price too high?
The counselors didn’t quite understand this, and apart from that, they still had a question in their minds, that is, how could the lord ensure that the coalition forces would not be affected by the fire?
It should be noted that fire and water are merciless. Once the fire starts, it is not so easy to put it out.
Qin Hao didn’t say anything about this, and no one asked.
After all, since Qin Hao dared to bring it up, he would definitely not let himself be burned, but they didn't know the specific method yet.
After pondering for a long time, Fang Xuanling stood up and frowned: "My lord, even if this plan can lure Li Shimin out, if he doesn't bring out all the main forces of Hulao Pass, our army may still be unable to capture Hulao Pass. After all, Luoyang’s troops can support Hulao at any time.”
“It doesn’t matter.”
Qin Hao raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said with a faint smile: "Li Shimin's next actions are now only two kinds. One is to mobilize all the main forces; two is to mobilize the cavalry to attack and leave the infantry to guard the pass.
It is best for Li Shimin to mobilize all his main forces. After our army defeats his main force, we can say that Hulao is empty and capture it directly;
If Li Shimin only sent out cavalry, he could also take the opportunity to severely damage the Xiliang cavalry to prevent them from sending out cavalry to harass our army's food routes.
In short, no matter which one it is, as long as Li Shimin comes out, our army can use this to severely damage the Liang army. "
(End of this chapter)