Chapter 98, Northern Chaos (12)
In the Benlei Army, everyone knows it. In the army, you can refute Xiahou Junjie's words, or even confront him slightly, and he may not hold grudges and punishment. But if you make him feel that his status is threatened and he wants to usurp his military power, he will be beaten to the end and will never be activated.
It can be said that the Benlei Army is now equivalent to Xiahou Junjie's private army, and it is difficult for outsiders to pour water into it.
In fact, it is not just the Benlei Army. The empire was founded for thousands of years, and the legions at all levels, especially remote places and the top ten legions, were mostly in line with each other and almost became the inheritance of the aristocratic families. If the military headquarters and the National Assembly had not controlled the military pay and materials of each legion, they would have long lost their actual control over these legions.
So, as soon as Cao Lan said that he immediately realized that he had committed a big taboo and touched Xiahou Junjie's reverse scale.
Moreover, he was a member of the Cao family after all. For thousands of years, the Cao family has been promoted and has remained within the thirteen-generation family. The Xiahou family, the origin of the Cao family, is now in decline in the imperial capital. Apart from the unique team of the Benlei Army, he has almost no support in the military and political circles. Xiahou Junjie was able to reach this point today, on the one hand, his ancestors were the first legion of the Benlei Army, and because of his own ability and control, he couldn't help but be cautious.
"Cao Lan, you boy..." Xiahou Minde had a bad temper and immediately spoke up to curse. In this case, Xiahou Junjie was not easy to say in depth, but Xiahou Minde, who is also the commander of the division, could be used as this gun. Xiahou Junjie was also happy that he came forward to hit Cao Lan.
But Xiahou Junjie still glared at Xiahou Minde and said leisurely: "Okay, Xiahou Division, don't shout. Cao Division, the situation facing our army is relatively complicated now, so it's better to coordinate and command."
These words were neither soft nor hard, Cao Lan's plan to divide his troops to defend the city immediately.
"Well, actually, I think the Cao army's plan is good. In this way, we will not delay the attack on Anyang Mansion, and can restrain the elusive Gaul light cavalry. You don't have to lose your temper in Xiahou Minde Division. Marines and wars cannot be achieved by relying on a few people from your Xiahou family. If you are not convinced, you can go out and fight with General Cao alone. If you are better than him, I, Xue Jingxuan, will ask for an order from above to command the army alone." Xue Jingxuan was very dissatisfied with this dispute. He was from a market and everything was about cutting the mess with a quick knife.
Moreover, in his eyes, a fool like Xiahou Minde is better than to do anything, and he is not afraid of him, so he said bluntly.
"You--" Xiahou Minde's face turned red, but he did not dare to do anything. No matter how reckless he was, he knew that there were several big figures standing behind Mr. Jing Xuan, and even his cousin Xiahou Junjie didn't even hinder him, let alone his own small division.
Besides, he knew that he would definitely not be able to beat Cao Lan.
What is Cao Lan? Although he was born in a branch of the Cao family, he was shocked by Cao Qianlong as the tiger of the Cao family. He had a long-handled sword called Han Xue, and how many heads he killed. If it weren't for the disagreement between the other rulers of the Cao family and the eldest son Cao Shiwu, he would have taken him back to the Cao family and used it again.
And he, Xiahou Minde, had a little wink and was pretty good. If he really got on the horse and fought Cao Lan, he would be really an old birthday boy who drank arsenic and thought he had a long life.
At this level, Xiahou Junjie's face was a little bad. After all, Xiahou Minde was from his Xiahou family. Xue Jingxuan said this to mean that he would not give him face.
However, Xiahou Junjie was not angry. One reason was that Xue Jingxuan's identity was somewhere, which was the representative of the adults in the Thunder Army; the other reason was that Xue Jingxuan was not an arrogant and domineering personality. There must be a reason for his courage to speak for Cao Lan like this today.
"Is it what the adults mean? I want to give Cao Lan a chance?" Xiahou Junjie thought to himself.
Thinking of this, Xiahou Junjie said to Cao Lan: "Well, in this way, I will leave you the two thousand people from the First Brigade of the First Cavalry Division. You will be stationed in Helin Town to monitor the Gaul light cavalry, and at the same time, you must guard Zhongnan Avenue. If Aers makes any moves, you must drag him here so that our army can fight."
"Here." Cao Lan was stunned, but he responded quickly.
"Cao Lan, Cao Qinglin." Xue Jingxuan looked at Cao Lan who was silent and sighed inwardly.
After more than a day of delay, Xiahou Junjie finally led the large army to re-embark on the road to attack Anyang Prefecture.
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"Cao Lan, Cao Qinglin?" Jing Zhan murmured to himself as he looked at the information sent by the detective cavalry.
"Well, this person is from the Cao family, but he is used to promote Xiahou Junjie. He is steady, but quite proud." Ling Yun briefly told the situation he had mastered.
When he was in Chengdu Prefecture, in order to cultivate this adopted daughter and a closed disciple, Liu Renze provided her with a lot of knowledge from various aspects such as strategy, administration, and erudition. He taught Ling Yun all the information, clues he had mastered for many years and the understanding of the situation in various parts of the mainland highway.
Although Ling Yun is not a genius, he is also a scheming figure with extraordinary memory. Over the past decade, he has studied hard and recorded the information and situations taught by Liu Renze into his stomach. This is also the reason why she can speak out the basic materials of Cao Lan, a general who is not the front line of the imperial military and political line, but has some characteristics.
Jing Zhan glanced at Ling Yun. Although he didn't say anything, the appreciation in his eyes was obvious, and there was a little more affection in his eyes.
I never expected Xiahou Junjie would choose to divide his troops. If we continue to harass his army, Cao Lan will definitely find us and even bite us. Finally eat it... Mingyang, what are you looking at..." Feeling Jing Zhan's bright gaze, Ling Yun turned red and said angrily.
"Well, since that's the case, can you use his pride to lead it out and annihilate it?" Jing Zhan's heart moved, but his face remained unchanged.
"No! You have violated the military law when you feinted the attack on the Benlei Army camp last night, but after all, you did not cause any casualties on the other side, and you did not leave any handle. But if you really want to hurt someone and kill someone, just leave one person away. Not only you and me, but all the Kuanglan Army is spared! Unless..." Ling Yun hurriedly persuaded.
After all, no matter how flexible Jie and Xue Jingxuan were, they could not guess Lei Dongfeng, or Jing Zhan, who was appointed by Li Ruoxi, had such courage to start a war on several fronts, and had the energy and courage to impersonate enemy troops and attack friendly forces. Although there was no casualties, if this matter was exposed, it would definitely be nine out of ten lives.
Even if Lei Dongfeng has great contributions, it will be difficult to withstand this crime of treason. If he openly attacks Ben Lei Jun, unless the other party is deaf and blind, he will definitely understand all this.
"Kill all unless one is left!" Jing Zhan suddenly said when he heard Ling Yun say this.
"Unless what I said is not this, Cao Lan is proud but cautious. It is impossible to send troops from Helin Town easily. If our army wants to eat them, it is not possible in a short period of time. However, with the power of the Benlei Army, the battle against Anyang Prefecture may end in two days. So, what I mean is unless Cao Lan turns a blind eye to us." Ling Yun said helplessly. Although she didn't care about being crazy with Jing Zhan, she did not agree to tear her face off now. After all, this is a solution.
"Looking at it?" Jing Zhan said a little strangely.
"That's not. Mingyang, you don't understand Cao Lan. He is from a branch of his family. With his personality, it is said that his relationship with the Cao family is not good, otherwise he would not have been voted under Xiahou Junjie's name; but my adoptive father said that Xiahou Junjie is an open-minded and loyal person on the surface, but in fact he values the power in his hands, so he cannot fully trust Cao Lan. I believe that with Cao Lan's personality, he will not be too frugal in the Benlei Army, so this can be used; in addition, we used to pretend that the Western coalition forces were deterred by the Benlei Army to attack the city, so we may not be able to do the opposite at this moment."
"What do you mean is to pretend to be a rebel army and enter Helin Town to instigate Cao Lan?" Jing Zhan woke up.
"That's right, and Captain Li Daben can command the brothers from the small group to continue to dress up as a Western coalition to pursue us to increase trust. At the same time, he can send a cavalry to copy the Benlei Army and shoot an anonymous letter to Anyang Mansion, and this way..." Ling Yun said.
"This plan is very good. Then, Zijin, you will continue to pretend to be soldiers of the Western Alliance. I will take Da Ben and the others to pretend to be rebels and enter Helin Town to instigate Cao Lan." Jing Zhan thought for a while.
"No, I want to go in with you. Cao Lan is not so easily convinced. Do you have the confidence to convince him? Do you think it's okay to put a knife on his neck?" Ling Yun said immediately. She knew that Jing Zhan was afraid that she would be in danger. After all, entering Helin Town was a dangerous situation.
"This..." Jing Zhan was speechless. He was indeed not confident of convinced Cao Lan. He was not good at speaking.
"That's all, Battalion Commander Jing! The commander, call Captain Li Daben to come over." Ling Yun shouted without waiting for Jing Zhan to react.
"Well, then you have to follow me." Jing Zhan suddenly laughed.
"I know." Ling Yun looked rosy and said with his head down.
At this moment, she suddenly felt that Jing Zhan was like a wolf who was closely guarding his territory, and she was the existence that the wolf cared about and protected.
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"The Ben Lei Army has finally sent troops." Lei Dongfeng took the information given to him by the old Taoist and told the generals of the Kuang Lan Army in the house.
In fact, the so-called generals are just several battalion commanders and captains such as Zhang Ce, Li Yan and Sun Desheng, while most of the senior executives of the Benlei Army are still in Tongguan, waiting for the return of Lei Dongfeng and others.
At this moment, when everyone heard the news, their faces were calm. After all, after experiencing a series of life-and-death struggles, the Benlei Army's avoidance behavior was even more indifferent to the hearts of these men.
"Everyone, I know that you have a lot of opinions about the Benlei Army and even despise their behavior. But you should know that arrogance will be defeated. Besides, we have not had enough strength to fight, so we should not despise any battle." Lei Dongfeng keenly felt this from the expressions of everyone and said directly.
Chuck, who was standing aside, nodding repeatedly, and he also felt the pride among the soldiers of the Kuanglan Army. After all, Lei Dongfeng repeatedly led them to defeat the strong with the weak, which inevitably made them feel that the Western Allied Forces were just like this, and thus he contempt and relaxed the Ben Lei Army, who had always refused to fight with the Western Allied Forces.
This kind of emotion seems nothing now, but once you come into contact with Ben Lei Jun in the future, it will be extremely harmful.
Everyone felt a little embarrassed to hear Lei Dongfeng like this.
Chapter completed!