Li Hong took a sip of the soup without saying a word.

"Sir, what have you done?" Fan Li asked in a low voice.

"I'll let them go down and be soldiers." Li Hong said angrily, "I thought everyone was the Yellow Turban Army and were all poor people. This kind of thing should be easy to execute, but I didn't expect that some people had not put on the armor of the Han Dynasty for a few days, and had not been a military officer of the Han Dynasty for a few days, and actually took out the "Seventeen Articles and Fifty-Four Deads" to refute my wrongdoing and said that it was wrong for me to let them eat with the soldiers. It was simply outrageous."

Yan Rou glanced at him worriedly and said, "Sir, letting them be soldiers is not the solution to this matter."

"I know." Li Hong said, "I have already called Brother Yu Xing, Zuo Sima, Wei Shizhi, Hengji, Lou Lu, She Yingtong and other Hu tribe leaders to discuss and modify the military discipline, and give some explanations and explanations based on the military discipline. After the battle, it will be officially decided. From then on, as long as I am in my military camp, I will follow the military discipline I said. Whoever feels unacceptable will get out of here. In my eyes, there is no difference between a soldier and a military officer, and they are treated equally."

Fan Li shouted excitedly: "Hello sir."

The soldiers around him also shouted in emotion: "Thank you for your kindness."

Li Hong waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't say that. I am also a soldier. Like you, I know what everyone is thinking." Then he changed into a cold face and said, "I hate those military officers who bully soldiers. The soldiers who bleed and sacrificed during the war, but those who won the victory and made a fortune were those military officers. In this way, they still don't regard the soldiers as human beings. Humph, whoever dares to do this here is seeking death."

Beard looked at him and whispered, "Sir, how many days will you have to wait for the war?"

Li Hong shook his head and said, "I don't know either. We are listening to others now. We have no right to make decisions, so we can only leave it to fate. However, I think the battle should end soon."

"Why? We can go back to Jizhou soon? Hutou must have his mouth tilted when he heard this good news." Beard laughed loudly.

"He must be looking forward to going home every day with the two little wives of Hutou?" Yan Rou said with a smile.

"His wife is in Zhending City, Changshan now?" Li Hong asked.

"Zishan's mother happened to be taking care of her, so Hutou sent her wife home before gathering in Handan." Huzi smiled, "Don't look at Hutou's murderous aura, she is very gentle to the two little ladies."

Li Hong suddenly thought of Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu standing helplessly by the door, and Xiaoyu's desolate and sad eyes. Li Hong felt a pain in his heart, and the crying of Fengxue jumped out of his mind, as if he saw Fengxue's tears rolling on his clothes again. Li Hong stared at the mud bowl in his hand, thinking of Xiaoyu, suddenly thinking of Fengxue, and suddenly forgetting everything around him.

"Sir... Sir..." Yan Rou saw that he didn't make a sound for a long time, sat in a daze, and hurriedly shouted in a low voice.

Li Hong woke up in shock and sighed softly.

He looked at the dark dry cakes in his hand, shook his head, and said worriedly: "The army of tens of thousands of people, tens of thousands of war horses, and the weapons and supplies of the whole vehicle are consumed too much. It is estimated that it will be difficult for the court to hold on for too long. Do you know how much money the army will cost in a day now?"

Several people shook their heads. They were not used to considering this kind of problem. Li Hong led a 50,000 army, which was a problem that he had to consider every day, and it was a very important problem.

When Li Hong led more than 10,000 cavalry southward, he was still a Lifeng lieutenant. The system of the troops was composed of songs. Although there were many people, it only turned the 600 songs into two thousand songs. There was no fundamental change in management and responsibilities, and it was simple and clear. However, since the troops gathered in Handan to prepare for the Western Expedition, Li Hong began to command the infantry and cavalry troops alone, and commanded the 50,000 army alone. It was not until this time that Li Hong deeply felt the huge difference between generals and generals. He had to deal with a large amount of military affairs every day, and coordinated with officials from various counties and counties to handle logistics and other matters. He was so busy that he had almost no free time, and he slept for up to two hours a day.

This time, Li Hong took all the various things stipulated in the Han military system in person: the organization of the troops, the management and training of the troops, the arrangement of military functions of the troops, commanded and coordinated the dispatch of troops, coordinated the military service mobilization in local prefectures and counties, and recruited soldiers and various logistics support personnel, handled and implemented various systems such as food, pay, weapons and horse and government support. With amazing physical strength and intelligence, Li Hong commanded and completed the assembly and mobilization of 50,000 troops alone in more than a month, and then led the troops to march for 3,000 miles to the Xiliang battlefield. This was an amazing achievement. Although everyone thought he had done it very easily, he knew that this was the most amazing achievement he had remembered.

Li Hong admired and was grateful to Murong Feng. Without Murong Feng's teaching, he would not have the ability today and would not have the confidence to persevere. Based on the decades of practice and summary of Murong Feng's leadership, Li Hong flexibly used the very perfect military system of the Han Dynasty to complete a arduous task that he could not have accomplished. In this process, Li Hong learned more new knowledge and integrated more old experiences. He felt like he was transformed from a bloody battle knife to a hand holding the knife.

"The military pay, rations, rations for 150,000 soldiers, rations for 30,000 war horses, rations for tens of thousands of transport horses, loss and replenishment of military supplies, addition and renewal of weapons and supplies, etc., will consume about 50 million yuan a day."

Yan Rouhe's subordinates were shocked.

"Fifty million yuan?" Hu Zi murmured to himself, "You can buy five thousand war horses in a day, you can buy..."

Li Hong smiled and continued: "This is still a conservative number. If the losses during transportation and the pensions of the soldiers who died in the future are added, it will be even more. Therefore, if this battle is fought for a long time, the court will definitely not be able to afford it."

"Borrowing up the auspicious words of my lord, I hope we can return to Jizhou this year." A soldier looked up at the sky and whispered.

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Li Hong looked at Li Su who was sitting opposite him talking nonstop, and Wuxin listened to what he continued to say. He was thinking about the possibility of this matter.

Beigong Boyu's troops had not arrived in Meiyang yet, and Dong Zhuo wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to attack Bian Zhang's camp. Now the rebels have not formed an encirclement of Meiyang City, and Bian Zhang has not ordered his troops to surround Meiyang alone. The opportunity is at this time. After tomorrow morning, when Beigong Boyu's troops gradually approach Meiyang City, the opportunity disappeared. Who would shake the earth with 130,000 people?

Zhang Wen obviously did not make a fundamental change in his decisive battle plan due to changes in the battlefield situation. He still bound his thinking to the basis of quick battle and quick decision-making. But now the troops are quickly gathering towards Meiyang, without any concealment. The results are two: one is that the rebels quickly flee, and the other is that the rebels are ready to fight to the death with the official army. But the second point is impossible. So, to put it bluntly, Zhang Wen's temporary formation change is not to fight the enemy, but to drive the enemy away, and in the end it is possible to catch Dong Zhuo's 30,000 troops.

This plan has no loss for Li Hong. But for Dong Zhuo, it is a bit of a loss of advancement and retreat. Retreat, disobey the military order; if you don’t retreat, you have to defend Meiyang to death. He will definitely be beaten by the rebels and be dying. Zhang Wen wishfully believes that there is no problem with Dong Zhuo defending in Meiyang for two or three days. As long as you defend for two days, the main force can arrive at Meiyang to encircle and annihilate the rebels. He didn’t think about how much the loss of the troops would be? Will the rebels still attack the city in two days? I’m afraid they would retreat long ago.

What was the motivation for Dong Zhuo to stay in Meiyang first and not retreating to Xiaohuai? Is it true that Li Su said that Dong Zhuo realized that the plan of Taiwei had serious flaws, which would cause chaos in Xiliang in the next few years, so he deliberately stayed in Meiyang to form today's situation and achieve the goal of avoiding the main battle between the two sides?

If Dong Zhuo was like this, who was for the Han Dynasty and Xiliang, why did Lord Shen repeatedly ask him to be careful of him before leaving Jizhou? Did Lord Shen misunderstand?

Dong Zhuo's plan is indeed good. If it is successful, the main force of the rebels in Bian Zhang will be damaged, and the main force of the official army will advance step by step, and they will naturally withdraw from Youfufeng; Beigong Boyu saw that he was alone and could not do anything, and would follow him and retreat into Liangzhou; as for the June Thunder, he would not take the initiative to invite more than 100,000 Han troops to fight, and he would definitely retreat. In this way, the crisis in Chang'an will be lifted, and all the rebels will retreat back to Liangzhou, and the rest will be to enter Liangzhou to suppress the rebellion.
Chapter completed!