Chapter 959: Military Heart
"Li Xiang, I am incompetent!" Tian Ping knelt on one knee, ashamed.
Li Ze laughed a long time, walked out of the case, helped Tian Ping up with both hands, and said, "Hulao is a powerful pass in the world, Xu Fu is even more talented. Such a person is rare in a century. What is the winning or losing in a moment? The general trend is still in our hands. No matter how powerful Xu Fu is, he is just a struggle for life and death."
"Thank you for not guilty of Li Xiang!" Tian Ping looked at You Yong, Shi Zhuang, and Liu Ruyan's body, and retreated to the side with red faces.
After returning to the major case, Li Ze sat down and raised his hand: "Everyone should sit down! If you want to take Luoyang, you must go to the Huzhu first. Today, it is rare that everyone gathers together, so let's talk about their own opinions. How can you get the Huzhu Pass as soon as possible?"
Tian Ping moved his body a little uneasy, looked up at Li Ze, opened his mouth to speak, but lowered his head. He was now considered a defeated general, and he was really shameless to speak first.
Seeing Tian Ping's embarrassment, Li Ze smiled and pointed at him, saying, "General Tian has been fighting for so long. Should he have the most experience, tell me the gains and losses?"
Tian Ping swallowed and said, "Li Xiang, in fact, if the entire army is under pressure without regard for casualties, with our army's absolute advantage in equipment, we can take down Hulao Pass. But, just..."
Li Ze nodded: "It's not wrong to cherish the lives of soldiers. The current situation is with me, and there is no need to fill in human lives. You have done a good job and do not ignore the lives of soldiers because of your military achievements. You must know that there is only one life for human life. If you lose it, it will be gone. For us, the lives of soldiers may be just a number, but for those soldiers, they are families one by one. This time, during the inspection, I met an old man surnamed Ba. A family of children, except for the underage, there is only such an old man over 60. His greatest wish is to pay off all the debts in the family before he dies and leave some wealth for his descendants."
Tian Ping looked at Li Ze gratefully.
"So, it's good to die one less person." Li Ze continued: "Attacking such a powerful pass is the most difficult battle itself. We need to think about how to defeat the enemy with reduced casualties. You Yong, let's talk about it!"
You Yong nodded: "Li Xiang, it is difficult to get out of Hulao. The key is not how difficult it is to get out of Hulao, but Xu Fu. This person has a strong prestige, enjoys a very high reputation in the army, and has always been good at training the army. Because this person fought step by step from ordinary soldiers, he has always been considerate of the soldiers, so the soldiers are willing to fight for him. In fact, the morale of the Liang army in Hulao is not high now. The fall of Xuanwu and other places has made these soldiers feel anxious. If Xu Fu dies, everything will be solved."
"Xu Fu's personal force is amazing, and it is extremely difficult to take him off on the battlefield." Tian Ping said stutteringly: "And this person rarely leaves the city. Even if he leaves the city, he will leave with one blow. He cannot go out of seclusion and has made up his mind to fight a war of attrition with us. It is really difficult."
"Then find a way to force him out of the city and force him to fight us!" Li Ze said with a smile.
"We have a great advantage in field battles. As long as he is willing to go out of the city to fight with us, the Right Jinwu Guard will be confident of destroying them all." Tian Ping shook his head and said, "But Xu Fu also knows this, so after so long, no matter how I provoked me, he would ignore it at all."
Li Ze smiled and looked back at Tian Bo on his side and said, "Tian Bo, tell me."
Tian Bo stepped forward and said, "This time Li Xiang did something when he was passing Xuanwu. He asked officials from all over Xuanwu to look for the families of Xuanwu soldiers. As long as there were people in the family who served in the Liang army, they would ask them to write a letter. Today, they would come with us, and there were letters like two carriages."
Tian Ping's eyes lit up.
"In the letter, the family members of these people tell their current situation and their longing. The parents are looking forward to the arrogant son coming home to retire and see him off. The wife will look forward to the husband going home and reunion. The children hope that their father can act coquettishly when they come home." Tian Bo said slowly: "I read a few letters, which are really touching and tear-breaking."
"In two days, put these letters into the city with a catapult. Liang Jun is also a human being, and is made of flesh and blood, and has feelings. I believe that after seeing these letters, homesickness and family, they will further amplify the unstable morale of the Liang Jun, and thus force Xu Fu to go out of the city to fight us." Li Ze said with a smile.
"In addition, we have also found several families, all of whom are the families of the middle and lower-level officers of the Liang army. Although we are not sure whether these officers are still alive, we can also go to the city to cry and shout last one tomorrow. No matter what, the Liang army in the city can always empathize with it." Tian Bodao.
"Will these people come here?"
"After a heavy reward, there must be a brave man!" Tian Bo spread his hands and said, "Each person has 100 silver dollars, and some people are willing to come to the city to cry."
"If Xu Fu decided to go out of the city to fight, this person would have to go all alone and come out in full swing. Therefore, we also need to do all the elite forces in this battle. This battle is not just the matter of the Right Jinwu Guard. The Right Jinwu Guard is still the main one, but Shi Zhuang, You Yong, and Liu Ruyan, you all mobilized an elite force to help." Li Ze looked at everyone and said, "Let's coordinate and command with You Yong!"
Everyone nodded.
Shi Zhuang smiled and said, "Li Xiang, why not leave it to me!"
"This battle is dominated by the Right Jinwu Guard. With Xu Fu's personality, he will inevitably lead his most elite soldiers and go straight to the main banner of the Right Jinwu Guard." Li Ze said.
"General Tian, you don't mind having one more person among your personal guards!" Shi Zhuang looked at Tian Ping.
Tian Ping instinctively wanted to refuse, but when he saw Li Ze's smiling face, his heart was shocked. He was helpless to think about it. No matter whether it was himself or his own command, no one could be the opponent of Xu Fu. In this battle, killing Xu Fu was the key to the key. Shi Zhuang was willing to condescend to his command as the general of the First Guard and pretended to be a personal soldier. If he still refused, it would be too ignorant of the general.
Moreover, as I said earlier, if someone like Shi Zhuang was on Xu Fu, he would have been less likely to be killed by Xu Fu. Thinking of the situation when he and Tian An fought with Xu Fu two days ago, he was still very frightened. In just a few breaths, he and Tian An fought several times in front of the King of Hell.
"In this way, General Shi will be exhausted more. I am really ashamed!" Tian Ping stood up and bowed with his fists.
"General Tian is polite, Shi has only grown a little bit of strength." Shi Zhuang returned the greeting with a smile.
Li Ze was very satisfied with the performance of his generals who could take the overall situation into consideration.
"Shi Zhuang, if you arrive in Tian Ping's central army, who will lead your troops to participate in this battle?"
"Liang Han!" Shi Zhuang said: "Liang Han's troops are best at attacking, as anxious as sparks and as thunder as thunder."
You Yong smiled and said, "General Shi sent Liang Han, then I will send Jose to the battle!"
Liu Ruyan originally wanted to go on the battlefield in person, but when she looked at her husband, she knew that even if she said that, she would not be agreed. The three generals present would definitely not agree, so she had to say, "Our army sent Ren Xiaonian to fight."
Li Ze nodded with satisfaction. Each unit did take out the most powerful troops under his command. "Since that's the case, let's prepare for each."
A day later, the army of the Right Jinwu Guards was dispatched again, but what surprised the Liang army on the city was that the Tang army changed its previous offensive style and actually pushed several catapults to the forefront of the battlefield.
Accompanied by the whistling sound of the catapult, several huge net bags were bombed by the catapult and crossed the city wall. Then, with a bang, the net bags were broken in the air. What fell inside was not the gravel bombs that everyone had expected, but the letter paper floating down.
A Liang soldier reached out and grabbed one of the letters in a daze. After just a glance, his face changed a little. The letter was not his, but it did not prevent him from immediately thinking about whether there would be news about his family among the thousands of letters floating down from the sky.
The net bags connected to the second and third were closed, and countless letters fell into the pass like snow.
After doing this, the Tang army under the city began to retreat, and along with the catapults, they slowly retreated to the rear.
A senior Liang army officer who was in charge of the star reached out and grabbed a piece of letter paper, and hurriedly browsed it, but his face changed drastically. He pulled out his knife with a choking sound and shouted loudly: "I'm telling the whole army not to hide it privately or to peek. Officers at all levels should immediately confiscate these letters."
The officer's orders were quickly conveyed to various parts of the city, but the facts were not as satisfactory as the officers thought. Many soldiers secretly hid these letters in their arms, even if they were not their own. Because or they could use these other people's letters to exchange them with the one they needed.
"General, it's not good." After the officer on the rank of the star, after detecting the seriousness of the situation, he quickly found Xu Fu with a brief arrangement.
After listening to the report of the officer Quexing, the wrinkles on Xu Fu's face seemed a little deeper for a moment. After closing his eyes for a while, he slowly said: "How many gold, silver and copper coins are there in Guanzhong?"
Behind him, a general said bitterly: "General, after all the rewards, there are only 200,000 ounces left in Guanzhong."
"Reward all!" Xu Fu said.
"yes!"
"Today, slaughter pigs and sheep, and reward the entire army."
"There is not much meat in the army."
Chapter completed!