The sudden fall of Hutou City allowed the Northern Mang Army to unfold an extremely comfortable offensive posture at the southern end of the Dragon Eye Plain, leading to the emergency of Huaiyang Pass and Liuya and Fuling Towns. At this critical moment, the deputy commander of the Northern Liang infantry army, Great Ancestor Gu, stood his ground against the opinion of the masses and did not disperse his troops to reinforce the frontline. Instead, he gathered in the area of Zhongzhong Military Town behind Huaiyang Pass and urgently converged with the large border cavalry army led by the deputy commander of the cavalry army Zhou Kang. In this way, Huaiyang Pass and Liuya and Fuling Towns, as the base of the Northern Liang Protectorate Manor, imperceptibly replaced Hutou City as the second Hutou City. However, because Chu Lushan, the nominal number one commander of the Northern Liang border army, insisted on personally guarding Huaiyang Pass, Great Ancestor Gu's action of not lending a helping hand pushed this foreign old general from the old Southern Tang to the heart of the storm. Not only the cavalry generals, even the interior of the border army infantry system had a lot of complaints about Great Ancestor Gu. Especially after Chen Yunchui, who was also the deputy commander of the infantry army, temporarily led troops from Youzhou to reinforce Liangzhou Province, the two Northern Liang infantry generals who had the same rank also had a lot of disagreements. In addition, Jin Partridge Zhou Kang himself was a typical aggressive commander in the Northern Liang army. For a moment, Great Ancestor Gu was deserted in Zhongzhong Military Town, and Great Ancestor Gu, as the base of the Northern Liang Protectorate Manor, imperceptibly became the second Hutou City. However, because Chu Lushan, the nominal number one commander of the Northern Liang border army, insisted on personally guarding Huaiyang Pass, Great Ancestor Gu's action of not lending a helping hand pushed this foreign old general from the old Southern Tang to the heart of the storm.
Within Grave Tomb Military Town's temporary General Manor discussion hall, another dispute that almost completely tore apart all pretenses erupted. Those officers and captains whose official positions weren't that high were already a bit numb. Right now, Grave Tomb and Huaiyang Pass' defensive line behind Tiger Head City had already completely lost contact. Before this, there were already no less than a hundred elite crossbowmen who died in battle while delivering military intelligence. In reality, Huaiyang Pass and Liuya Fuling Towns could already be considered isolated outside the pass, submerged under Northern Mang Great Army's armored cavalry. In the meeting hall, there were originally more than 10 chairs. Great Ancestor Gu, Zhou Kang, Chen Yunchui who came from afar, Qi Dangguo, the commander of the 6,000 Iron Futu Cavalry, Yuan Nanting, the commander of the White Scale Guards, and the others all had their own seats. However, the day before yesterday, Zhou Kang stood up angrily in front of Great Ancestor Gu, kicked a chair and left the meeting hall.
Today, Zhou Kang and Great Ancestor Gu had an irreconcilable dispute about the location of Zhongzhong Town. This cavalry general, who had the reputation of Brocade Partridge, stood on one side of the table with a sand table. He punched the table with his left hand and pointed at Great Ancestor Gu with his right hand. He said angrily, "Defend! Do you only know how to hide and defend? Is this all you can do, Great Ancestor Gu? I really don't know why His Highness invited you from the Central Plains to our Beiliang Frontier Army! If it wasn't for the fact that you wrote 'Collection of Ashes', and if it wasn't for the fact that the Great General and Sir Li praised you endlessly back then, this general would have suspected that you were a spy for the Northern Mang barbarians! "
Hearing this, not to mention the young generals like Ning Emei, the deputy general of the Iron Futu Cavalry, who could only be regarded as a rising star compared to the old generals, even the silent Chen Yunchui's eyelids trembled. Zhou Kang's words were obviously too much. Chen Yunchui glanced at Great Ancestor Gu from the corner of his eyes. Great Ancestor Gu was still indifferent. However, Zhou Kang didn't show any sign of mercy. He pointed his finger at Great Ancestor Gu even more fiercely, "Huaiyang Pass can't be defended if you can't even defend Hutou Town? Liuya and Fuling Town rely on the flexibility of the cavalry to actively seek opportunities. Can they defend it? Great Ancestor Gu, you are the commander of the infantry, but I am the deputy commander of the Beiliang Cavalry. I can't bear to see the tens of thousands of cavalry in Liuya and Fuling Town have to dismount and fight on foot because of your opinion. In the end, they can only die on the city wall! I can't bear to see the tens of thousands of cavalry under my command crowding around the Heavy Tomb every day, watching their comrades die in the front line every day, but they can't fight! "
In the end, Zhou Kang's eyes were almost burning with anger. He reprimanded, "Great Ancestor Gu, it's fine if you are afraid of death. I don't care if your infantry likes to be cowards. But why do you want our cavalry to wait for death here?!"
Great Ancestor Gu said indifferently, "Because without the support of Commander Zhou's cavalry, the Heavy Tomb can't be defended. The city is dead. Without the restraint of the cavalry, there is no city in the world that can't be broken. Similarly, without the cooperation of a stable city, the cavalry is like water without a source. It's not hard to win a few battles, but it's unrealistic to win the entire battle. "
Zhou Kang sneered, "Then your infantry should just obediently wait in the Heavy Tomb. It's enough as long as you cooperate with our cavalry and watch us kill the enemy. This request isn't too much, is it? Right now, Dong Zhuo's army has yet to truly gain a foothold, but our cavalry can roam through our own defensive line with our eyes closed. Not to mention charging and attacking, even if it's a night battle, we can fight cleanly and efficiently. The disadvantage in numbers can be made up for by our familiarity with the geography. Great Ancestor Gu, you keep saying that you want to wait for news from the two battlefields of Qingcang City and Xiaguang City in Youzhou, and that it's best to delay until the new city on the border of Liangzhou is built. But for better or for worse, you are someone who has led troops in battle. How can you not know the principle of fleeting opportunities on the battlefield? What, you can't be thinking that after Protector-General Chu dies at Huaiyang Pass, you can go to that new city and become the next protector-general, right? "
Great Ancestor Gu's expression did not change. He only stared at this Beiliang's third-in-command who spoke without thinking. He slowly said, "Zhou Kang, there is no joking in the army. There are some words that I can tolerate, but there are some words that can't be treated as a fart."
Zhou Kang narrowed his eyes and laughed sinisterly. "You finally can't tolerate it anymore? There are thirty thousand Beiliang's Right Army outside the city. Do you still dare to kill me in the Heavy Tomb? "
Then, Zhou Kang laughed and pretended to look around. "In the romance novels, there's an interesting joke about throwing a cup as a signal. It's said that as long as a wine cup is thrown, several hundred executioners will rush out and chop the person into mincemeat. It's just that you, Great Ancestor Gu, don't have a wine cup in your hands. These generals and lieutenants in the room don't seem to listen to your orders, do they?"
Great Ancestor Gu smiled. "You and I both know that in the military town of Heavy Tomb, you, Commander Zhou, put me under house arrest. Now, all the generals here more or less don't like me."
The veteran general Chen Yunchui, who was afraid of adding fuel to the fire, sighed. How did things come to this point? It would be good if Chu Lushan was here. Otherwise, Yan Wenluan or Yuan Zuozong would be fine too. This was the result of a group of dragons without a leader. If they were not facing a major event that could affect the trend of Beiliang and even the entire world, Great Ancestor Gu, Zhou Kang, and even the young Beiliang military talents like Ning Emei of Qidang could take charge alone and decide the outcome of a state war. They would not have such a headache. Thinking of this, Chen Yunchui suddenly felt sad. He remembered the military years when he was young. At that time, there were so many fierce generals and strategists gathered together. Li Yishan, Zhao Changling, Yan Wenluan, Wu Yong, Xu Pu, Wei Tieshan, Liu Yuanji, Zhong Hongwu, Chen Zhibao, Yuan Zuozong, Chu Lushan … But at that time, there would be someone who would make the final decision. There would never be such an unfamiliar situation that was close to internal strife.
Unfortunately, the prince had to go to Liuzhou in person to put out the fire.
And Chu Lushan, the number one person of the border army who guarded Huaiyang Pass, for some reason, did not make any decisions about the complicated military affairs of Heavy Tomb behind him.
Chen Yunchui knew that if he did not act as a peacemaker, there might be a big fight in the conference hall today. While Chen Yunchui was more inclined towards Zhou Kang taking the initiative to attack, Great Ancestor Gu was the leading figure of the infantry in Liangzhou. Chen Yunchui could not help but feel some sympathy towards Jin Partridge's unbridled humiliation and suppression. In the end, this was not a conflict between Zhou and Gu, but a natural conflict between Beiliang cavalry and infantry. Even Yan Wenluan could not change this conflict. Beiliang had more infantry, but in the war with Beimang, the main characters were always the cavalry. In the end, it was also the cavalry that decided victory. Just like when Beiliang was changing between the old and the new, the Long Xiang Army and the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry had each attacked Beimang and shone brilliantly. Later on, in Youzhou, which was known as the main camp of Beiliang infantry, it was the ten thousand strong cavalry led by the young general Yu Luandao that shook the world.
Chen Yunchui took a few steps closer to the table and pressed his hands lightly on the table. He said softly, "The situation in Liangzhou is not good. Liuzhou is the same. Even Wang Ye has to go there personally to face Liu Gui's army. Maybe he will also face that Tuoba Bodhisattva. Let's not make trouble for Wang Ye. If you have something to say, say it. If you are angry, don't say it … "
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