Xie Ming

Chapter 341: Deployment of Troops

Chapter 341: Deployment of Troops
After hearing Qi Gang's report that the Jiannu in the northern border had been obstructed in their southern expedition, Xiao Jingchuan cheered up and decided to use this free time to find an opportunity to take over the important city of Yuzhou Prefecture near the Shandong border.

Gao Jie of Fengyang advanced northward to the left and right of Dezhou City, while Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo, the two Liu towns, retreated to Jining and Linyi respectively!
Afterwards, Xiao Lang continued speaking.

"As for Huang Degong's Chuzhou town, in my opinion, they should not move away, but continue to stay in Jinan and strengthen the city defenses on the spot!"

"Haha, in this way, all arrangements for the four towns are complete!"

"Next, it will be your turn to wait!"

As soon as Xiao Jingchuan said this, all the generals showed their eagerness to try.

Their faces suddenly showed energy and spirit!
"Sun Peizhong!"

Seeing everyone's expectant expressions, Xiao Lang first pointed to Peizhong!

"Here!" When Peizhong heard the call, he immediately stood up, clasped his fists, and responded loudly.

"You will bring your own 2,000 troops and soon go north with Gao Jie's military garrison and enter Dezhou City!" Xiao Ling knew clearly.

"Yes! I will obey your command!" Peizhong responded in a resounding voice.

"Dezhou is the gateway to the north of Shandong!"

"Even if the Jiannu invade, they will definitely start with this city!"

"Pei Zhong, you have a heavy burden on your shoulders!"

"Once we are in Dezhou City, we must not rest. We must quickly reinforce the city defenses and be careful to defend against enemy attacks!" Xiao Jingchuan gave more instructions.

Upon hearing this, Peizhong frowned, looked serious, and answered calmly.

"Yes! I will understand!"

Seeing that Peizhong had already assigned the task, the remaining generals became even more anxious!
Seeing the situation, Xiao Lang smiled knowingly.

"Li Huchen, Li Hongsheng!" Xiao then gave the order in a loud voice.

"exist!"

"The general is here!"

At this moment, Li Huchen and Li Hongsheng were also happy. They rushed to stand up at the same time, clasping their fists to their left and right, waiting.

"Wait two days, until the news of the garrison in Jiangbei is passed on, and Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, and Liu Liangzuo leave the city!"

"I will send someone to call Ji Zu and Ming Lu to come into the city!"

"Wait for Minglu to enter the city, then you can send out your two divisions of troops!"

"Li Huchen!"

"Open your big eyes wide and let me see clearly!"

As he spoke, Xiao Jingchuan raised his hand, picked up the chopsticks, and poked at the map.

"I want you to take one thousand light cavalry from our headquarters and take the route of Feicheng - Tai'an - Xintai - Mengyin - Yanzhou!"

"There are three tasks: occupy the city! Gather food! Recruit soldiers! Trinity!"

"We need to be fast, not delay things, and do the work meticulously!"

"Before the Jiannu troops march south, we must open up this route and make arrangements in advance for the overall defense of Shandong!"

Xiao Lang stood in front of the map and opened it to receive the marching order!
"Yes!"

"Don't worry, General!" Li Huchen raised his voice and responded generously.

"Li Hongsheng!" Xiao said again.

"I am here!" Li Hongsheng responded again.

"You also take one thousand of our troops and go along the Pingdu-Laizhou-Ninghai-Zibo-Yishui route!"

"The goal is the same: to occupy the city! To collect food! To recruit soldiers!"

"Your troops are infantry, but!"

"Don't slow down your pace!"

"Occupying a large area east of Jinan will have a far-reaching impact on the strategic depth of our army!"

"Do you understand the pros and cons of this?" Xiao Kan gave the order.

"Yes! I understand and will follow the commander's orders!"

"I know time is tight, please rest assured, even if I have to run myself to pieces, I, Li Hongsheng, will not fail in my mission!"

Li Hongsheng also swore solemnly and accepted the order with a serious look!

Looking at the expressions of these two generals, Xiao Lang felt very satisfied.

"Okay, great, hahaha!"

"From this two-line rapid march, we will open up the mountain network surrounding the central and southern Shandong!"

"Then in the future, we can use this mountain as a support and imitate what we did in Sanpojie and the Taihang base!" Xiao Ziyan said the purpose of the march.

"Eh? That's right, Qi Gang!"

"Here, my subordinate is here!"

Hearing the commander-in-chief's order, and in the current atmosphere, Qi Gang was also excited for a moment. When he heard his own name, he hurriedly clasped his fists and bowed, and responded loudly.

"Haha, yeah!"

"It's rare for you to relax!" "I ordered you to make the assignments before Hu Chen and Li Hongsheng set off!"

"The men I asked you to prepare in advance will follow the two armies and make sure nothing goes wrong!"

"They are both warriors and rough men. It's no problem for them to attack cities and capture strongholds in the front!"

"But the things behind this army horse may be hard to deal with for the time being!"

"Your people are right behind us to take over!"

"There are two things you need to do!"

"Well, mobilize the people, collect food, recruit soldiers, build cities and prepare for defense!"

“Make sure you do your best!”

"Secondly, you are also required to deploy spies in various places! Be fully prepared to gather all kinds of intelligence!"

"The worst outcome of this Shandong defense war is that most of Shandong will be lost!"

"But even if the city is breached in the future, the troops will be forced to withdraw!"

"We also need to be able to receive a steady stream of intelligence from all over the place!"

"Do you understand how important this task is?" Xiao Jingchuan entrusted the important task.

Upon hearing this, Qi Gang raised his head, closed his eyes and looked at him firmly!

"Yes! General, don't worry, I understand!" Qi Gang responded.

"Well, also, how is Hu Juncai's work with the General Propaganda Group going?!"

Xiao Lang changed the subject and asked about other circumstances.

"Oh, Commander-in-Chief!"

"The time for the establishment of the Tong Xuan Group is still short. So far, there are only three teams with more than 40 people!"

"Well, if we include the string players, gong players, and other supporting staff, the total number is probably around 70 or 80."

"For the first choreography rehearsal, we have to perform three pieces of music!"

"They were all written by Hu Juncai, and the content also shows the drama of Jiannu Yi Ding slaughtering the people of Jinnan!"

"I took a look at it a couple of days ago, and the effect is quite good!" Qi Gang reported.

Hearing this, Xiao Jingchuan suddenly raised his eyebrows, and it was obvious that he was very pleased.

"haha!"

"Not bad!"

"That's it!"

"Don't be idle!"

"This time when we go out with the army, we will also ask Hu Juncai to lead the propaganda team to follow us, and ask him to lead the people to follow Hu Chen first!"

"This whole set of unified publicity work must first be carried out with a pilot project!"

"There's no time to wait for him to lay out everything, let's do it as we go!" Xiao Ling.

"Yes! I understand!"

"Go ahead and pass on the commander-in-chief's order to Hu Juncai!" Qi Gang accepted the order.

"Yea, very good!"

"that."

"Eh? Hu Chen, what are you whispering about?!"

Xiao Jingchuan had just finished giving instructions to Qi Gang when he looked up and suddenly saw Hu Chen and Li Hongsheng at the table, mumbling something to each other with sullen faces!
So he hurriedly started to question.

"Uh, hehe!" Hu Chen was stunned when he heard the call.

"Oh, the Overseer!"

"I'm talking to Li Hongsheng. His infantrymen are too slow!"

"No, how about I send him a thousand cavalrymen from my army?!"

"We are all brothers!"

"Don't try to crush us here. It's much easier. It won't take a few days for everything to be done!"

"He was so hungry that he couldn't get to where he wanted to go, and he delayed the opportunity to fight?!"

"Haha, that...that's not good!"

"After all, the Jiannu in the north may attack us at any time!"

"I'm thinking about him too!"

"But look at how unlucky he is, huh?!"

"It's like I want to harm him!"