Xie Ming

Chapter 374: Order to Advance North

Military matters were discussed in the front hall of the Governor's Office, and Xiao Lang talked with the ministers and decided on the tone.

"According to my prediction!"

"The specific time of the enemy's invasion to the south may not be extended to the end of this month!"

"Within half a month, the enemy will move!"

Xiao suddenly made a move, and his knuckles hit the table!

After he finished speaking, he paused, waiting for the generals' reactions!

Everyone was sitting around the table, and when they heard this, their brows turned stern!

Watching it, Xiao Lang continued speaking.

"it is good!"

"Then let me tell you about the specific deployment!"

"These past few days, I have had many discussions with Mr. Huang!"

"We have decided to unite our forces and move north to carry out the second phase of defense!"

"Strengthen the overall defense line of Texas at the front!"

"In preparation for the enemy's first round of invasion from the south!"

"After all, the first battle is crucial!"

As he spoke, Xiao looked around again, and saw that all the generals, especially the black man Li Huchen, were eager to try after hearing this!
Xiao Lang was satisfied, so he sang "Haha." and dragged out the ending note to the maximum possible extent, stirring up everyone's emotions!

As soon as he saw that the situation was right, he suddenly gave a loud order, changing his previous slow and procrastinating manner and calling the generals to rise with a crisp voice!
"Duan Hongcai!" Xiao Lang suddenly shouted.

“I am here!” Hongcai also stood up from his seat and bowed neatly in response.

"Pei Zhong had previously stationed more than 500 soldiers in Jinan to serve as our garrison troops! You also know this!"

"This time, you will lead this army and horses, and Ji Zu's newly recruited 400-plus local warriors, all of which will be allocated to you!"

"There are more than a thousand of us in total. We will set out early tomorrow morning and rush to Dezhou City to join Peizhong!"

"You have four days to get there!"

"Also, after entering Dezhou City, we must build city defenses, dig deep trenches and raise high fortifications to speed up the defense of Dezhou. There must be no mistakes!"

"Did you hear this commander-in-chief's order clearly?!" Xiao Shiling said sternly.

"Yes!"

"I obey your command!" Hongcai also replied loudly!
Upon hearing that nearly a thousand soldiers were allocated to support Peizhong’s headquarters in Dezhou, Hongcai was extremely happy!
You know, if we win the first battle in Texas, we will also gain a lot of military merit!
Previously, Pei Zhong was worried about Xiao Lang's embarrassing situation in Jinan due to the lack of soldiers and major generals, so he had no choice but to keep his capable general Hongcai in Jinan Prefecture!
Hongcai is still very unwilling to accept this!
After all, working in front of the governor may make one's career smoother and more profitable, but this man is not someone that everyone likes to please!
This Duan Hongcai is a straight man!
I would rather fight for my merits in a sea of ​​blood and corpses with real swords and guns than be in front of this superior, even for a moment of smile!
Therefore, Xiao Jingchuan's arrangement for him this time was truly what he wanted!
That’s all!

Xiao did not delay and hurriedly followed up with the order to come again!

"Li Huchen!" Xiao called.

"The general is here!"

wow-

Hu Chen stood up suddenly, stretched out his legs, and the chair he sat on was bounced far away!

"Xu Jizu, Xu Wenzhe!" Suddenly, Xiao called out to the other two generals.

"exist!"

"I'm here!" Ji Zu and Wen Ze also stood up hurriedly and bowed, waiting for orders.

"Mr. Hu, the 1,500 cavalrymen from your army that were stranded in Jinan Prefecture will be returned to you to lead!"

"And the two thousand recruits you sent back a few days ago, a total of more than four thousand five hundred! All of them are yours!"

"Ji Zu, as for your tribe, you should still lead those 1,600 men!"

"Plus I have a thousand men from the Minglu Military Supply Department!"

"We will all move our camps north the day after tomorrow!"

"This time, I will personally lead these 7,000 troops. We will temporarily leave Jinan Prefecture, cross the Yellow River to the north, and advance all the way into Yucheng!"

At this point, Xiao Lang hurriedly turned around, walked to the map, and personally pointed out the exact location of Yucheng on the map.

"right!"

"Tomorrow, there is another important mission!"

"Ji Zu, Wen Ze!" Xiao added.

"Yes, I am here!" Two generals also responded quickly.

"Before this, I asked you two to gather many ferry boats on both sides of the Yellow River. You said that everything has been prepared!"

"As for this matter, I won't go and check it myself!"

"But tomorrow, I'll give you two another day!"

"Gather all the ferry boats to the designated assembly point on the south bank!"

"There must be no mistakes!" Xiao Jinse said.

"Yes! I understand!" Ji Zu accepted the order.

"Yeah, and wow!"

"Prepare the boat this time!"

"What I want is that within the 200-li radius of the Yellow River in the northern section of Jinan, no sampan can be seen in the water except for the boats requisitioned by our army!"

"Did you hear this clearly?!" Xiao made a request!
Hearing this, Xu Jizu took a deep breath, and hurriedly made some calculations, and after a while he took the order. "Uh, yes!"

"Don't worry, Governor!"

"Ji Zu guarantees to handle this matter properly!" Ji Zu received another new order.

Seeing that Ji Zu was so confident in accepting the new destiny, Xiao Jingchuan was very relieved and smiled happily.

"Ha ha ha ha."

"it is good!"

"In that case, let's enter the designated area and establish a firm foothold!"

"To the north is Dezhou City, guarded by Peizhong's 3,000 soldiers!"

"In the southeast, Hu Maozhen has 1,500 men guarding Linyi!"

"In the southwest, Gao Jie has two thousand men stationed in Wucheng!"

"Go down, Gao Jie. Another 1,500 Gao Jinku will defend Gaotang!"

"And I will lead the army, stationed in the rear and in the center, blocking the entrance to Yucheng!"

"The garrisons of several parties and Dezhou can all support each other and cooperate to defend!"

"in this way!"

"This is the first battle to resist the invasion of Jiannu from the south. I think the military force is definitely enough! Huh?! Hahaha."

Xiao Tong was planning the budget and he felt it was foolproof!
"Hahahaha!"

Upon hearing this, Huang Degong, who was sitting nearby, also laughed out loud and stood up to agree.

"That's natural, that's natural!"

"The commander-in-chief has made many plans and prepared many things, but I dare not say that it is absolutely foolproof!"

"But here, I'm afraid this is all we can do before the war!"

"This time we will defend against the Jiannu Tartar soldiers in the north!"

"I'm new here, and I'm a little nervous!"

"After all, you young people have had little experience dealing with these Jiannu Yiding people!"

"We, Old Huang, have been outside the Great Wall before, and we fought them with real swords and guns!"

"To be honest, this group of barbarians, each of them has a very strong fighting capacity. Each soldier is very brave and very difficult to deal with!"

"But yeah, hehe"

"Then again, we can't just boost others' morale and destroy our own prestige, right?!"

"At first, we didn't have much hope that we could withstand the Jiannu cavalry!"

"But it's left here in Jinan Prefecture. Over the past half month, we have seen our Commander Xiao command the army and dispatch his generals!"

"hey-hey!"

"My Huang Chuangzi's confidence, eh?! He really came back!"

"General Xiao, that is no ordinary person!"

"Commanding the army and commanding the subordinates, strategizing, uh, this is not our Huang flattering the emperor! Huh?!"

"He is good, that's all!"

"so!"

"In my opinion, as long as our troops are united in this battle, we can help each other!"

"Then let's fight to defend Shandong!"

"Our Ming army will definitely win!"

"Promotion is a later matter!"

"The main reason is that the previous commander was not good enough. Haven't our Ming army suffered enough defeats?!"

"Everyone here is from the military! We are soldiers and generals! What do you and I want?!"

"Win!"

"Win!"

"It still fucking wins!"

"Let's avenge our past humiliation, everyone!"

"Shanhai Pass! We're lost!"

"We've lost Beijing, too!"

"Today, we have lost the entire northern Zhili, including the southwest of the capital, that large area of ​​Ming territory!"

"You can't retreat anymore!"

"Shandong cannot be lost!"

“Shandong must be protected!”

Snapped!
When his words became passionate and impassioned, Huang Degong fixed his eyes and slammed the table!
This palm fully demonstrates the general's unwillingness and determination!

(End of this chapter)