"Liu Duwei, think twice!" Wang Sheng was stunned when he heard Liu Qi's words, and then said: "Now send troops to rescue him. When the soldiers go to the ground, it is probably already dawn. After dawn, it is very easy to fight with the Great Food soldiers and it is difficult to get rid of them. Either leave some soldiers to cut off the back or send more soldiers to rescue him."

"But if the soldiers are left behind and the rear are cut off, aren't there more soldiers killed or injured than those rescued? If more soldiers are sent to rescue them, not to mention that there will be soldiers killed or injured when fighting with the Dashi soldiers, after all, many Dashi soldiers can be killed. If both sides increase their troops and become the Tang army and the Dashi soldiers fight head-on in the city, if our army fails and suffers heavy casualties, what should we do?"

"Although many houses in the city were demolished by the Dashi soldiers, there are still many houses left. No matter how many soldiers were dispatched, they would not fight head-on with the Dashi soldiers. There is no need to worry about the defeat of each army and there are too many casualties."

Liu Qi first refuted the remarks that the failure of the war would lead to serious consequences, and then said: "If the defeated soldiers are not rescued, it will damage the morale of the army; and it will also lead to the army's attention when attacking the house, so that the Great Food Slave's conspiracy will succeed, and must be rescued."

"Emperor Liu, I am not against rescue. If I only sent one or two regiments to the ground for rescue, I would definitely not object; but according to what Emperor Liu meant was to send a large army to rescue, so I opposed it." Wang Shengdao.

"Just sending the first and second regiments of soldiers to rescue is useless. Whether or not you really want to rescue the dispersed soldiers." Liu Qi said again: "Although the soldiers are simple-minded, it is not easy to deceive them. He claims to send troops to rescue them but only sending the first and second regiments of soldiers. The soldiers will definitely see that we are just doing things, which will still make the soldiers feel disappointed."

"If we conceal the matter of sending only one or two groups of troops, it would not be possible. Many soldiers were sent to rescue him, but none of them were rescued. The soldiers either doubt whether we were really sending rescue him or doubt that the combat power of the Great Food Army increased greatly, which is not a good thing."

"This," Wang Sheng heard what Liu Qi said make sense, and didn't know how to refute it for a moment. After thinking about it, he said again: "The soldiers may not think of so many."

"As long as one person thinks of one team or even one brigade, it means that all the soldiers in the entire brigade think of it." Liu Qi immediately retorted.

"The reason why the soldiers in Yuluzhou City can beat the Great Veteran in street fighting depends entirely on the morale of the army. If the morale of the army is not present, they are not the opponent of the Great Veteran at all. They must not adopt any means to reduce the morale of the army, even if it is only possible to reduce it." He said again.

Liu Qi's words were very reasonable and it was difficult for everyone to refute; Besides, only Wang Sheng and Meng Chengkang were opposed to the rescue, and even Zhao Guangmi agreed to send troops to rescue after hearing Liu Qi's words, and the two of them had nothing to say.

"Since Wang Duwei and Meng Duwei have no objection, I will order to send troops to rescue him." Liu Qi did not waste any time at all and immediately ordered: "Transfer Zhang Bie General's subordinate Du Yiming's regiment..., a total of more than 2,000 soldiers from ten regiments to go to the ground to rescue the scattered soldiers."

"Adjust the order of attacking Dashi camp every night and change these ten regiments." He also ordered the military officers recorded on the side.

"Yes." Several people agreed and rushed to pass the order.

"I will personally command this battle and rescue the defeated soldiers." Liu Qi said again.

But his decision was unanimously opposed. Everyone was not worried about his command level, but about his capture and killing by the Great Food Army. Liu Qi was the highest commander of the Battle of Luzhou at this time, and Li Gong could not be replaced in the Hebei camp immediately. If he was captured and killed, the entire army was in danger of collapse.

After much persuasion, Liu Qi finally agreed not to go to the ground, but to go to one of the holes at the junction of shallow tunnels and deep tunnels, so that he could learn more quickly what was happening on the ground and react faster. Everyone was inconvenient to oppose his decision, so he persuaded him to refuse to listen.

When they finished their discussion, it was not yet Mao's hour, and not only was it dark, but the troops to send ground rescue were not yet dispatched. Everyone was woken up before Yin's hour, but they were still sleepy at this time. They just forced themselves to hold on. After the discussion, everyone was a little sleepy again.

Seeing this, Wang Sheng, who was on duty tonight, hurriedly asked everyone to go to sleep for a while, including Liu Qi, to continue on duty alone. Everyone thought that they had nothing to do in the first half of the time, so they went back one after another.

Only Liu Qi did not go back to continue sleeping, but rushed to the command place he arranged temporarily. Although it took at least half an hour to require his command, he could not rest assured to sleep. Zhang Cheng persuaded him a few words, but Liu Qi insisted on not listening to him.

After walking out of this place, Zhang Cheng and the other three went to sleep. Liu Qi went to one of the entrances of the junction caves, but it was not the same as the way, so the four of them separated at the entrance of the cave.

However, after walking a few steps with Meng Chengkang and Zhao Guangmi, Zhang Cheng thought of something again, and ran over to Liu Qi and said, "The strategy you mentioned ten days ago can also be used in this matter to rescue the scattered soldiers."

"Can that strategy be used for this?" Liu Qi felt it was unavailable.

"Why is it not available?" Zhang Cheng whispered a few more words in Liu Qi's ear. After saying that, he said again: "I have seen that the soldier you trained has flaws, but it should be able to deceive many generals of the food."

"Your plan is really wonderful. It can indeed deceive many generals of the Great Food. It can not only help rescue the collapsed soldiers, but also make the Great Food suffer a great loss if done well."

After Liu Qi said this, he immediately gave a few instructions to the guard beside him, and the guard also took the order and retreated.

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"I always feel that Liu Qi's approach is a bit strange." After separating from Liu Qi, Meng Chengkang on the other side said: "Before the guard came in, I carefully observed his appearance and found that his expression seemed to be inclined to not send reinforcements, but after the guard came in and said something to him, he immediately changed his mind to send troops to rescue him. It seemed that the guard's words changed Liu Qi's thoughts."

"You've read it wrong?" Zhao Guang said: "How could Liu Qi change his mind because of the guard's words? Unless the guard passed the order of the guard. But if the guard did not say that the guard would not pass the order, even if the order was sent, he would send his guards, not Liu Qi's guard. You must have read it wrong. He had already made up his mind to send troops to rescue before the guard came in."

"No, it's not that I'm wrong." Hearing his words, Meng Chengkang was a little shaken at first, but then recalled Liu Qi's expression at that time, and became firm again. "I can't read it wrong."

As he spoke, he walked back to the commanding place and asked the soldiers guarding the entrance of the cave, "Whether the escort Liu Dushi who had just suddenly broke in, was he muttering when he walked in?"

"You reported to the Commander Meng Du, but your subordinates did not hear it." The man replied.

Hearing the answer, Meng Chengkang asked again. But before he could ask, he heard a voice from the cave: "Meng Chengkang, why are you coming back to ask if you don't go to bed?"

"Wang Sheng," they were very familiar with each other. At this time, there was no one around them. Meng Chengkang also called him and said, "I always think that something was wrong with Liu Qi's decision to send troops to rescue him." He immediately told Wang Sheng his guess and said, "I don't know what the guard said to Liu Qi at that time."

"When you say this, I also think that Liu Qi seems unwilling to send troops to rescue him at first. But you are just speculation and there is no evidence. Besides, even if Liu Qi changed his mind for some reason, what he said is not wrong. We cannot persuade him to change to not send troops to rescue him again."

"Don't think about this anymore. Go back and sleep for a while. It's much more important than thinking about it." Wang Sheng advised.

"You said that." Although Meng Chengkang wanted to resolve his doubts first, Wang Sheng advised him so much that he could only turn around and go back.

But at this moment, a military officer suddenly said softly: "Prince Wang, Prince Meng, I heard what the guard said to Prince Liu."

"Did you hear it? What did the guard say?" Meng Chengkang asked immediately. Although Wang Sheng did not speak, a curious look appeared in his eyes.

"Reporting to the two commanders, the guard told Liu that someone had trapped a team of subordinates in the city, one with the surname Dan and another with the surname Mi failed to escape from the ground and the official name of the subordinate did not hear clearly." The military officer said.

"A man surnamed Dan, and another man surnamed Mi failed to escape from the ground into the tunnel?" Meng Chengkang asked.

"Yes." Joining the military replied again.

"I understand. It must be that his old acquaintance failed to escape into the tunnel. The purpose of sending troops to rescue him was to save his old acquaintance."

Meng Chengkang immediately said: "Liu Qi was born in the Central Plains, and everyone knows it; but at first he was transferred from the Central Plains as a military soldier, and he was still a small pawn in Anxi. He must have had a good relationship with several people when he was a small pawn, and later he became a high-ranking official and kept in mind."

"But a few years have passed, his friend was still just a soldier at that time, and at most he was promoted to the team leader. After the Dashinu came, he still had to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy. Last night, a team where several of his acquaintances were located went to the ground to attack a certain house, but was ambushed by the Dashimen. The whole team was disbanded, and Liu Qi's acquaintances were not aware of their life or death."

"His guards found out about this situation and hurried over to report it; Liu Qi changed his mind to send troops to rescue his acquaintances."

"He is pretending to be public and private. I want to advise the protectors on his approach." Meng Chengkang said at last, and was very excited, with a hint of excitement.

They are at least fifteen years older than Liu Qi, but they are about to climb to their heads and become their bosses. How could they be willing to do so? However, Liu Qi's past experience and command are not worth criticizing. As senior generals, they understand that it is useless to mess around, so they can only watch Liu Qi be promoted silently.

But at this time, in Meng Chengkang's view, Liu Qi showed a big handle, and he could make suggestions to the governors, thereby reducing Liu Qi's impression in the governors' hearts, and even reducing Liu Qi's impression in the soldiers of the army. He suddenly became very happy and said excitedly.

"Meng Chengkang, no matter what, the Anxi soldiers who went to the ground to fight against the Great Food Soldiers are all good. You should not talk about them in the tone just now." Wang Sheng felt uncomfortable when he heard Meng Chengkang's words and said first.

"This is my fault." Meng Chengkang immediately admitted his mistake in this regard.

"And, it's okay if you treat this as a handle for Liu Qi to advise the protectors; but it's still very inappropriate."

"First of all, even if Liu Qi's guard tells him that his acquaintance is trapped in the city, you can't prove that Liu Qi's sending troops to rescue is related to this."

"Secondly, you cannot completely dismiss the words that Liu Qi said during the discussion; even if Liu Qi is really selfish in sending troops to rescue him, can you say that he is all because of selfishness? Public and private affairs are both dispositions, and this is never an objection by the court, and the guardian may not feel disgusted with Liu Qi because of this."

"Third, if Liu Qi knows that this is because you or the person you instructed to give advice to the Protector, he can spread what you said during the negotiations in the army. If you are unwilling to send troops to rescue, the soldiers will know that you are not willing to send troops to rescue him. Do you think the soldiers are disgusted with you or Liu Qi?" Wang Sheng said at the end.

"This, this," Meng Chengkang just thought about catching Liu Qi a handle, but after Wang Sheng's analysis, this handle was not that useful.

"Is it useless?" he asked again.

"You make suggestions now, there is almost no use. If you want him to be useful, you can only be the failure of Liu Qi to send troops to rescue him, but he was unable to save a few people but many casualties. Only then can you make suggestions to the Protector at this time will be useful." After saying this, Liu Qi paused and said, "Chengkang, no matter what, we are generals. Generals must speak based on military achievements, rather than talking."

"You are right, I'm thinking about it." Wang Sheng woke Meng Chengkang up with his last sentence, and he immediately said: "Then I'll wait for the outcome of this battle. If there are not many casualties and injuries, I will pretend that he is also trying to save an acquaintance. If the rescue fails and many casualties are injured, I will give advice to the Protector."

"I'll go back to bed first." Meng Chengkang said this again and turned around and left here.

After he left, Wang Sheng, who had always been smiling, suddenly frowned. Wang Sheng was unwilling to Liu Qi to climb onto his head, but he didn't want Meng Chengkang to be so jealous of Liu Qi, and he wanted to report to the guru if he found a little mistake in order to pull Liu Qi down.

"It won't be possible if this continues." He said to himself: "Now Cheng Kang still understands that he has to obey military orders, but he is becoming more and more jealous. Sooner or later, he will resist Liu Qi's orders and not fully comply with them. Once this happens, it will not only be very unfavorable to the entire army and the Dashi Army, but it will not be of any benefit to Cheng Kang himself."

"Hey, I also persuaded him some time ago, but he didn't listen much. I advised him again after the rescue soldiers returned. If he didn't listen, he would have to go."

Wang Sheng thought about Meng Chengkang returning to his residence and lay down to sleep. But he had something in his mind and couldn't sleep at all. He also thought that if the rescue was successful, Liu Qi, who had finally caught him, would be useless. He couldn't help but feel a little bored, and sat up from the bed and talked about this with the guards.

After he finished speaking, he regretted it and told the guard not to spread it to the outside world. Although the guard knew the importance of it, he still couldn't help but say to someone with a very good relationship that after a while, some military generals under Meng Chengkang learned about this.
Chapter completed!