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Chapter 733 Niu Jinxing (Part [-])
It is said that with the help of Niu Jinxing, the second and fifth boy of the Ming Dynasty, the rebel army took Baofeng County lightly, which saved a lot of effort.

Zhang Shun immediately led the army to Baofeng County, but before he could enter the city, Niu Jinxing suggested: "Now that Baofeng is new, the imperial court has not yet had time to know. Please also send cavalry to capture Kunyang Pass quickly, so that there is no delay. change."

"Since the Kunyang Pass has fallen, Ye County has no danger to defend, so it will be in the pocket of the rebel army!"

This Kunyang Pass is twenty-five miles north of Yexian County, just to the north of the former Kunyang County, and it is the place where the battle of Kunyang between Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty and the army of the new dynasty took place.

This place is located in the upper reaches of the Shahe River, not only the only way from the Central Plains to the Nanyang Basin, but also the last stop of the entire Central Plains water system closest to the "Nanxiang Road" leading to Nanyang. Occupying this place is an important strategy for the capture of Nanyang Prefecture significance.

Zhang Shun was not very familiar with the terrain of this place, so he couldn't help asking: "May I ask what makes this place different?"

Niu Jinxing was waiting for Zhang Shun's words. Hearing the words, he couldn't help talking eloquently: "Ye County is located in the west of Ruzhou, on the banks of the Shahe River. The rebel army can go straight down the Shahe River, break Yancheng, Chenzhou, and enter directly. The land of Jianghuai."

"Go north to Xiangcheng, you can threaten Yuzhou and Xuzhou, and cross the Central Plains; go south to Yuzhou, and Nanyang is within my palm; go south to Wuyang and Xiping, and Runing Mansion is at your fingertips!"

"There is Fushui Horse Station in the county again, which can communicate north and south, reaching Zhengzhou in the north and Nanxiang in the south; the Yancheng Horse Station is on its side, and can reach Xuzhou and Bianliang in the north, and Runing and Xinyang in the south."

"The art of war says: 'A good attacker, the enemy does not know what he is defending. A good defender, the enemy does not know what he is attacking', as the saying goes. I am based here, and the imperial court does not know that I want to go down to Nanyang, or I want to go down to Yancheng, or to count Yu Zhou and Xuzhou. Therefore, we specialize, and the enemy divides, so the general will be able to help!"

Zhang Shun was taken aback when he heard this, and couldn't help asking: "From Mr.'s words, it seems that we know our army's target this time?"

"What's so difficult about this?" Niu Jinxing couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, "Since the general is in Luoyang, he refuses to go west with all his strength, presumably he has other ideas about Nanyang!"

"Then why am I not going to take Zhengbian, or Runing, or Jianghuai?" Zhang Shun asked rhetorically.

"Zheng Bian is in the east of Luoyang. If the general wants to take this place, he can go out of Dengfeng and Baoshui. Why should he look far away and take a detour to Baofeng? But Runing and Jianghuai are far away in the sky. Even if the general takes them, he can't rule them. Is it true that the people are laboring and mobilizing the masses without merit? Therefore, I predict that the general will swallow Nanyang and then hurry up!"

"Okay!" Zhang Shun couldn't help but praised when he heard the words, "Mr. Niu is really extraordinary, but he guessed the president's mind very well."

In this era where traffic depends on walking and communication depends on shouting, information transmission is not smooth.Regardless of the fact that Baofeng is only two hundred miles away from Luoyang, a lot of information has changed hands after seven or eight people have already changed beyond recognition.

This Niu Jinxing was able to guess his own strategic intentions through various unreliable and unreliable news, which shows that this person is indeed amazingly talented.

Originally, the bad impression he gave Zhang Shun because of later records, also improved a lot with Niu Jinxing's words.

Seeing this, Niu Jinxing quickly took the opportunity to remonstrate: "The general personally brought the army here, and Yiqi is born. First occupy Ye County, cut off the support roads for the officers and soldiers in the Central Plains, and then lead the troops south to break Yuzhou and encircle Nanyang."

"It's just that Yuzhou is located between Funiu Mountain and Tongbai Mountain. The terrain is dangerous. If it is held back by officers and soldiers, it will be difficult to get off in a hurry. Why don't the general send another general to Lushan County, cross Luyang Pass and drive directly to Nanzhao. To cut off the back of Yuzhou?"

It's just a cliché, Zhang Shun originally had high expectations for him, but he didn't expect that Niu Jinxing would still pick up the wisdom of others.He couldn't help asking: "If there are capable people among the officers and soldiers who understand this strategy, our army will work hard and go on expeditions in vain. What can we do?"

"So the general should first attack Yuzhou with great fanfare, so as to attract Nanyang officers and soldiers to defend, and then send surprise soldiers to detour, it will have a miraculous effect!" Niu Jinxing was stunned, and quickly responded.

Zhang Shun frowned.Even Niu Jinxing said so. From this point of view, if one wants to enter Nanyang, there are only two paths.

It's just that "one righteous and one strange" is known to almost everyone. Could it be that the officers and soldiers really make themselves happy?

Fortunately, now that the arrow is on the string and has to be launched, Zhang Shun hurriedly ordered: "Urgently order He Jin to lead more than a thousand cavalry to attack Kunyang Pass at full speed."

"After Xiaguan, get off your horse and stand guard, wait for the army to go, and then join forces to attack Ye County!"

When Wang Jinyi heard the words, he quickly responded, and quickly dispatched messengers to send orders to He Jin, the vanguard officer.

The rest of the generals entered Baofeng County together with Zhang Shun and Niu Jinxing to rest for a while.

When everyone arrived at the county government office, it was getting late.By the way, Zhang ordered his servants to set up a banquet and entertain the generals.

After the generals pushed the cups and changed the cups, Zhang asked about today's capture of Baofeng County by the way.

So Niu Jinxing narrated, Li Fuchen added, and then described today's events in detail.

After hearing this, Zhang Shun secretly sighed, but didn't say anything.It's just that after the banquet, it's hard to avoid feeling that Dianshi is a good man, and he lost his life in vain.

Gao Guiying curled her lips when she heard this, and said disapprovingly: "We were originally bandits, but we will be officials in the future, and we don't want to be good people in the tenth life. How can we have so many good intentions?"

"If Daddy is free, go back to our Yansui for a walk, and take a look at the long yellow sand covered with bones. Which one is good and which one is evil? After all, it's just a bun!"

"Yo, I didn't expect you to have some Buddha nature!" Zhang Shun sarcastically said.

As the saying goes: People of a feather flock together and things of a feather flock together.Many people in the rebel army are willing to degenerate and like to call themselves bandits, so it is easy to attract bandits.

This time Niu Jinxing's handling of classic history is indeed a bit sloppy.Looking at the behavior of the classics, it was obvious that he was familiar with Niu Jinxing, but he ended up like this, but there was no shame on his face.

Presumably Niu Jinxing also subconsciously believed that the rebels were all bandits, and he should have been used to it for a long time.

Zhang Shun also wants to shout some slogans, so that everyone can become a newcomer with ideals and ambitions.

However, he thought about the wives in his backyard, and he thought it was meaningless.

After thinking about it, he shook his head and said: "I don't ask everyone to be a saint, at least you have to have a heart to do good!"

"If you only demand yourself with bandits and bandits, how can you win the world? Even if you win the world, what is the difference between the current court? Don't the people in the world rise up again and overthrow us?"

"Although northern Shaanxi suffers, the whole world is not a family's suffering; Shaanxi is famine, and the whole world is not famine in one place. Natural disasters are preventable, but man-made disasters are inevitable. I don't want to cherish the world, but I have no regrets if I can treat the people with an ordinary heart! "

(End of this chapter)