Warlords: Rise of the System

Jiang Guangshi said, "Lu Tianhao only has more than 1000 men. In the last battle, more than 200 men were killed or injured, so his army only has a few thousand men left.

Will it really be effective to transfer such a small number of people to the northern line?

Besides, he is here to reinforce us. It is not appropriate to transfer him to where there is danger."

The Secretary General said slowly, "Marshal, this is a special period, we can't be so particular.

To the east, the pirate fleet has already sailed into the inland river and will soon launch an attack on us.

In order to deal with the attack of the pirate fleet in the east, almost half of our troops are defending the east.

Once these reinforcements can no longer hold the outer defense lines on the north and south sides, will we really not send any troops?

We definitely need to deploy troops. We only have a few hundred thousand troops left. How many can we send out?

To be honest, in this war, I only saw the soldiers fighting to the death, but the hope of victory was very slim.

If Lu Tianhao's troops had gone to the northern front and could have held out for a few more days, the people in the city would have almost evacuated.

For the sake of the people in the city, let's transfer Lu Tianhao's troops to the northern front for reinforcement."

Jiang Guangshi thought for a moment and said, "Let's call Lu Tianhao over and listen to his advice.

If he is willing to go on his own, it would be much better than us forcing him to go as reinforcement.

We explained the situation to him and I believe he can understand it.”

So Jiang Guangshi immediately sent someone to summon Lu Tianhao.

Not long after, Lu Tianhao arrived at the Marshal's Mansion.

Jiang Guangshi told him the current situation and plan, and asked him if he was willing to lead his troops to the northern front for reinforcement.

Lu Tianhao was silent for a moment, took a deep breath and said, "I understand, for the sake of the people in the city, I am willing to go to the north line.

But I have a request, and I hope the Marshal can agree to it."

Jiang Guangshi didn't expect Lu Tianhao to be so reasonable, and he agreed without hesitation. As for the request he made, as long as it was not too excessive, it was easy to negotiate.

"Captain Lu, if you have any requests, just tell me. I will do my best to satisfy you if I can."

Lu Tianhao said slowly, “Marshal, you should know the number of people in my army, there are only about 1000 people.

After the last battle, more than 200 people were killed, and now the number of people able to fight is less than a thousand.

My original intention was just for you to promise me to recruit soldiers in the city.

But, as you know the situation, there is definitely no time to recruit soldiers now.

The only way is for you, Marshal, to draw some troops for me from various units.

I don't need too many people, just two to three thousand will be enough.

However, we have agreed in advance that once these people are given to me, they are mine and I will not give them back to you.

The soldiers you give me cannot be old, weak, sick or disabled.

In that case, it would be better not to give it to me.

Taking a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people to fight will actually affect the combat effectiveness of our troops.

Marshal, can you satisfy my request?

Jiang Guangshi did not agree immediately, but looked at the generals below.

A military commander said, "There is no problem in transferring two to three thousand people.

Two to three thousand people, this number is neither too much nor too little, because Captain Lu, as you said, these people are not seconded to you, but given to you.

Therefore, we cannot draw troops from one troop, but we can draw some troops from each troop for you.

The problem is that our troops are scattered across Kyoto Prefecture. Will we have enough time to gather these two to three thousand people?"

At this time, the Secretary General spoke up, “We don’t need to transfer troops.

Do you remember the brigade commander we urgently sent out this morning? "

Jiang Guangshi also remembered at this time, and said to the secretary general, "You want to..."

The secretary general nodded and said, "Yes, we can hand this unit over to Captain Lu. Isn't that the right thing to do?"

Everyone couldn't help but nodded.

Only Lu Tianhao was still confused, waiting for the secretary to give him an explanation.

The secretary said slowly, "Captain Lu, the situation is like this.

A brigade that came to reinforce was bombarded by the bandits' artillery while they were holding a pre-war meeting.

All their senior officers died in the bombing, leaving only a few battalion commanders in control of the troops.

They requested an additional commander from us.

The current troop is commanded by one of our brigade commanders.

The reinforcement brigade now has only 3000 people left. Isn't this exactly the number you need, Commander Lu?"

Lu Tianhao said, "I recruited them. Once the warlord of this army finds out, what should I do if he asks me for people?"

Jiang Guangshi said, "Captain Lu, you can rest assured. I will solve this matter for you. No one will come to you to ask for your return."

Lu Tianhao nodded, "I feel relieved with the Marshal's words. I will go back and prepare now and lead my troops to rush over as soon as possible."

Lu Tianhao returned to his troops’ base on the southern front.

Lu Tianhao told several battalion commanders the news of the transfer to the northern front and asked them to be ready to set off for the northern front in an hour.

Kyoto Prefecture could no longer be defended, and the people had already begun to retreat westward one after another.

There were more than 100 seriously injured soldiers in Lu Tianhao's troops.

Lu Tianhao asked the deputy commander of the guard company to bring a guard platoon of soldiers, five doctors and several medical staff to escort the seriously injured soldiers and retreat westward.

Lu Tianhao asked them to retreat to a safe area for a temporary rest, and also equipped them with two radios so that they could keep in touch with him at any time.

The destination of the wounded has also been arranged.

Lu Tianhao came to the joint command center and said goodbye to Commander Ding.

In order to allow the southern front to hold out for a few more days, Lu Tianhao gave some of his heavy weapons to Ding Youkui, and also donated a large amount of ammunition.

With these weapons, equipment and ammunition, Lu Tianhao believed that the bandits on the southern front would not be able to break through the outer positions without paying a price.

When several other division commanders heard that Lu Tianhao was going to be transferred to the northern front, they also came to see him off.

Lu Tianhao led his troops quickly into the city, preparing to cross Kyoto Prefecture and rush towards the outer positions of the north gate.

From the outer position outside the south gate of Kyoto Prefecture to the outer position outside the north gate of Kyoto Prefecture, the distance is seventy or eighty miles in a straight line.

Even with a forced march, it would take more than four hours to reach the outer positions on the northern front.

"Master, Madam, I am the maid you bought, you can't abandon me."

A very familiar voice reached Lu Tianhao's ears.