Humane Yongchang

Chapter 157 No Choice
"Fan Gong, according to your opinion, the Yellow Turban soldiers and horses that entered Yanzhou from Qiao County must be the soldiers and horses of Tu Sui in Yangzhou?"

Chen Sheng held his arms and slowly paced around the map of Qiaojun.

He had actually seen it earlier that the Taiping Road would use Qiaojun to enter Yanzhou, breaking the stalemate between Yanzhou.

He was just not sure whether it would be a partial division of Ren Xiao from Xuzhou or the main force of Tu Sui from Yangzhou.

After Fan Zeng pointed out the important strategic significance of the route from Yanzhou to Sizhou for Taiping Road, he has been able to determine that it will most likely be the main force of Tu Sui in Yangzhou.

This is the difference between the tactical level and the strategic level.

Sure enough, when Fan Zeng heard his question, he pondered for a while and then nodded, "Nine times out of ten!"

"Tu Sui..."

Chen Sheng muttered the name to himself, and shook his head in disappointment. He didn't have any impression of this name.

"What is Tu Sui's resume?"

Fan Zeng replied: "Master Hui, this person's ancestors were slaughtering dogs. He was famous for his bravery when he was young. He tried to join the Bolang Army and fought in Baiyue. He opened a restaurant and restaurant for a living, and later met Zhang Ping, a great teacher in Kuaiji, and entered Taiping Road. He ran for several years in various counties in Yangzhou.

After Chen Sheng listened carefully to what he said, he said, "How many troops does he have?"

Fan Zeng held a hand with shame on his face: "The lower minister goes north, and the Bolang army enters Jingzhou at the back. At the right time, Tu Sui has not yet raised his army, the lower minister..."

Chen Sheng waved his hand casually: "Don't worry about it, you only entered my door today, how do you know this happened?"

After a pause, he looked at the vast Yangzhou area in the south of Qiao County, and sighed: "This level is not easy to pass!"

Enter Chenliu from Qiao County.

Or wear Liang County.

Either wear Chen Jun.

Liang County had fifty thousand soldiers under the command of Meng Tian.

If Taiping Road is really eager to open up the channel to attack Sizhou, Tu Suidang will not go to Liangjun to entangle with Meng Tian, ​​and there is a high probability that Ren Xiao will continue to hold Meng Tian down.

Therefore, it can only be Chen Jun!
In order to ensure the logistical supply and retreat, even if Tu Sui's army did not pass through Chen County, Tu Sui would most likely send a partial division to Chen County to hack Chen Sheng to death and occupy Chen County.

Logistics supplies and retreats are too important!
It is impossible for any commander to allow an enemy who has hatred with his family to stay in his own rear!

Only by hacking him to death, Chen Sheng, and replacing him with a confidant to sit here, can he continue to go north with peace of mind.

This is the real person sitting at home, and disaster comes from heaven...

Chen Sheng stared annoyed at the vast territory of Yangzhou.

The first thing that came to mind was the [-] red-clothed soldiers under his old father.

Those were most of Chen County's soldiers and horses, and they were the only soldiers and horses in the hands of their father and son that could fight.

But as soon as the idea of ​​​​calling the old father to lead the army back to aid came up, he was vetoed.

It will take at least seven or eight days to rush back to Chen County from Dangshan!
Looking at Meng Tian's reaction, Tu Sui should have already invaded Qiao County... Can't Tu Sui still be in Yangzhou, so he scared Meng Tian from Dangshan to retreat fifty miles?
Counting the time, Chen Shou is urgently called back to help, and he will just hit the edge of Tu Sui's blade!

But except for the eight thousand soldiers and horses under Chen Shou.

Now he has less than seven thousand soldiers and horses in his hands.

Among them, the [-] red-clothed troops led by Zhao Si were still new troops built with the gang force of the Qinglong Gang as the skeleton not long ago.

This kind of soldiers and horses can still fight against the wind. If they are asked to fight a tough battle that kills one thousand enemies and loses eight hundred, if he dares to send them, they will dare to show him how they are torn apart!
Chen Sheng thought for a long time, and suddenly called out loudly, "Ji Bu!"

"The mark is here!"

Ji Bu responded with a long voice and rushed into the hall with quick steps, clasping his fists and cupping his hands.

Chen Sheng: "Immediately select two elite platoons, bring Ying slaves, and rush to Xinyang and Ruyin in a hurry to check the movements of the Yellow Turban rebels in the direction of Qiaojun. If there is any, I will report back immediately!"

Jibu: "Wei!"

He clasped his fists, turned and walked quickly out of the hall.

Chen Sheng held his hands, walked back and forth in the hall for a few laps, and shouted again: "Come on!"

A visitor bowed in and bowed to the end: "Sir."

Chen Sheng: "Go and ask the warehouse official to take Chen Hu and come see me!"

"only!"

The audience nodded again, bowed and stepped back.

Chen Sheng: "Come on!"

Another visitor bowed in and bowed to the end: "Sir."

Chen Sheng: "Draw a book!"

The audience hurriedly boarded the hall, took out the Jinbo magic stone from the desk, and polished it.

While pacing, Chen Sheng pondered and said: "Thanks to my father, my son has already learned about the changes in the Dangshan battle situation. It is speculated that there may be some changes in the battlefield of Taishan County. In advance, we will take precautions and take precautions. I hope my father can fight against the enemy with peace of mind. Remember to stay at home, and if there is another change in the future, we will discuss it again."

The audience drew up a letter and put both hands on Chen Sheng.

After Chen Sheng took it over and checked it, he took out the private seal from his arms and gave it to the audience.

The audience returned to the temple with Chen Sheng's private seal, put the silk book into the bamboo tube swiftly, and sealed it.

After finishing the work, he handed Chen Sheng's private seal back to him with both hands, and walked out quickly with the bamboo tube.

Fan Zeng stood on one side and quietly watched the people coming and going in the hall. After there was no third person in the hall, he opened his mouth and said, "Your Majesty has decided to fight the Yangzhou Yellow Turban Army led by Tu Sui?"

"If there is another way, I don't want to fight."

Chen Sheng shook his head with a stern face: "But I have no choice, I'm not afraid of fighting!"

Fan Zeng slowly paced to the top of the Chen Jun map, and asked softly, "How many soldiers and horses do you have in your hands?"

Chen Shenglue pondered, opened his mouth and said, "Less than eight thousand, half of the new soldiers."

Fan Zeng heard the words, his sparse brows trembled violently, then sighed and shook his head, "The odds of winning are too small."

Chen Sheng's expression remained unchanged, and he said softly, "It's up to people!"

Fan Zeng didn't know what to say.

A wise counselor's advice and suggestions are based on the premise of knowing oneself and knowing the enemy.

If you don't know anything, you just make a few tricks. It's not a strategist, it's a club!

A quarter of an hour later.

Chen Hu hurriedly walked into the county governor's office out of breath. He wanted to make fun of Chen Sheng, but when he saw that there were still outsiders in the hall, he honestly bowed and saluted, "I see the lord."

Before waiting for his waist to bend down, Chen Sheng walked up to him with an arrow to support him, and said with a smile, "You can't afford your gift, it will end your life."

Chen Hu took advantage of the situation to straighten up, habitually opened his mouth and wanted to go back, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed it back, and changed his words: "Why did the lord call the officials to come?"

Chen Sheng snorted, "What you said is wrong."

He held Chen Hu's arm and invited him to the map of the twelve states: "Shangguan doesn't speak, how can a subordinate ask Shangguan to ask him what he wants to do?"

This nasty taste.

That's right...

"You're almost there!"

In the end, Chen Hu still couldn't hold back his serious appearance, and scolded angrily: "Let's keep your face for you, and you'll just go with it. Do you have to let us scold you a few words to make you feel at ease?"

Chen Sheng let out a "tsk" and said something in his heart, it smells like that...

"It's just for others to greet the child."

He said with a smile: "You also greeted him? Isn't that slapping the child in the face? You forgot, why did we come out to do so many things in the first place?"

Chen Hu was stunned for a while, and suddenly remembered that it was because he was protecting Qingniang when he went to the street and saw Lao Nineteen pouring urinals for people in Ji Paradise to make a living. eat well...

He still remembered it.

But immediately, he looked at Chen Sheng alertly, and said solemnly: "For no reason, why are you bringing this up? What happened?"

Chen Shengchong pointed to the location of Qiao County on the map: "You should be familiar with Qiao County, right?"

"It's quite familiar!"

Chen Hu nodded: "I used to take goods to Yangzhou, and I had to pass through Qiao County."

"Oh, as long as you are familiar with it!"

Chen Sheng said with a smile: "I can be sure that the Yangzhou Yellow Turban Army will pass through Qiao County and head north to Chenliu, passing through Chenliu to Sizhou. It is very likely that they will pass through Chen County, and they will most likely send troops to destroy us. home, to snatch control of Chen Jun."

When Chen Hu heard the words, he stared at the big bell and was about to fry his hair, but he heard Chen Sheng continue to say: "My son, please come, firstly, I want to ask you, the brigade is going north of Qiao County, which way are they going? Road, what dangerous places are there on the road!"

"Secondly, I want to invite you to visit Xiang County and ask Xiang Liang and Xiang Shibo to come out and help!"

Chen Hu stared at the location of Qiao County on the map, tightly twisted his two bushy eyebrows, and asked, "How many soldiers and horses does the Yangzhou Yellow Turban Army have? How many soldiers and horses do you have in your hands?"

"You answer the child's question first."

Chen Sheng smoothed his vest for him, and said calmly, "I'll answer your question again, babe."

Chen Hu pondered for a few breaths, then said again: "What you are looking for is the kind of ditch road west of Tuoxian County, right?"

Chen Sheng: "Yes!"

Chen Hu scratched his head and said uncertainly: "It should be no, Qiao County is a flat river, Shaoshan Shaolin, the road is the best way to go, when our family traveled to Qiao County, the brothers all took turns lying in the car to sleep, and they didn't bring them with them. The back... by the way, there is one!"

He didn't take off his shoes, "dong dong dong" walked onto the map of the twelve states, stood in a place in the northwest of Qiao County, stomped at Chen Sheng and said: "South of Qiao County, there is a road called, called... double Suoshan, yes, that's the name. That section of the road is close to the Wo River, which is the only place to go from south to north to replenish water sources, and the middle of this road is low and flat, with peaks on both sides, and the terrain is west of Bituo County. That ditch road is even more dangerous!"

Chen Sheng walked quickly into the map, and visually inspected the distance between this place and Chen County and Yangzhou... Qiao County is close to Chen County, and it was one of the most frequently traveled south-north trade routes for the Chen family in the past. It is complete. Although the drawn map is still not accurate, the approximate size, shape and distance are not very different from the actual situation.

very good!

The distance from Chen County to here is at least half of the distance from Yangzhou to Qiao County after entering Qiao County.

In addition to the large army marching, the more people there are, the slower the marching speed will be. They travel lightly and simply travel, and they can rush to the ambush before Tu Sui's troops and horses arrive there!
"The boy knows!"

Chen Sheng pressed down the various thoughts that were surging in his heart, looked up at Chen Hu and said with a smile: "Go ahead and prepare, the boy will write a book immediately, and I will give it to you to take it to Xiang County and give it to Xiang Shibo."

He gently pushed Chen Hu.

Chen Hu said "hey" and walked quickly towards the door.

But before Chen Sheng could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw Chen Hu walking back aggressively and looking at him with a bad expression: "Little brat, are you thinking your second uncle is confused?"

Chen Sheng was "stunned for a moment", and then suddenly realized: "Oh, I almost forgot... Counting the third song of the Red Army that Zhao Fourth Uncle has just formed, there are nearly [-] soldiers and horses in the boy's hands. If Xiang Shiboken With all our help, it should not be difficult to make up [-] soldiers. As for this group of Yangzhou Yellow Turban thieves, they should only be the vanguard of the thief army. The number should be around [-] to [-], and they are all rabble surrounded by Taiping Road... Don't worry, when have you ever seen a child fight an uncertain battle?"

Chen Hu had a worried look on his face, but he didn't say much. He turned around and walked out quickly.

As soon as he left, Chen Sheng's face gradually turned gloomy.

Two or three thousand?
With the temperament of these reckless commanders in Taipingdao who like to make big scenes at every turn, Tu Sui shoulders the important task of breaking the situation for Taipingdao. If he doesn't bring 20 million troops to the north, how dare he say hello to other commanders?
Even if he needs to garrison the counties and counties along the way to ensure logistics and retreat, he will have at least 15 to [-] troops when he travels to Qiao County!

This victory or defeat, the key is not him!

But in Meng Tian!
As long as Meng Tian can get rid of Ren Xiao's entanglement and cooperate with him to give Tu Suijun a ruthless attack, even if he can't kill Tu Suijun, he can be crippled!

"Your Majesty!"

After Chen Hu left, Fan Zeng, who had not spoken for a long time, stood beside him, and then spoke again: "With a weak army of less than [-], fighting against an army of [-] thieves, the ambition is commendable, but it is not the act of a wise man! Between heaven and earth, you should aim to be in the four directions and have the four seas in your mind, how can you be confined to one city and one pool?"

Chen Sheng looked at him in surprise, "What do you mean, should I run away?"

Fan Zeng had a calm demeanor, held his hands and said, "Your Majesty, your power is not as good as others. It's not shameful to move on and wait for the time of day!"

Chen Sheng looked at his old face with no waves, and remembered some of this person's deeds in his heart, and suddenly an indescribable complex emotion surged up.

"Being doing things under my door."

He retracted his gaze and continued to look at the map of Qiao County under his feet, as if he wanted to see a flower in it: "If this happens in the future, try to say it as little as possible, or say it, don't say it!"

"Not in his position, not in his politics."

"In his position, he should seek his government."

"Today, I am the county governor of Chen County. Hundreds of thousands of people regard me as a parental official, respect me, respect me, and share my enemies with me."

"When the weather is calm, I enjoy the admiration of all people!"

"When the enemy comes, I will run away!"

"Then I, Chen Sheng, are not different from those who are inferior to those pigs and dogs who are for their own selfish interests and go with all the people?"

He pointed to the map of Yangzhou in front of him and asked lightly.

Fan Zeng stood silently with his hands down.

After a long time, he bowed his head to Chen Sheng with a sincere heart and sighed, "Your Majesty is a benevolent person!"

　Ah, my hand is as weak as me, the two watch is too difficult... The second watch is still in the yard, it is estimated that it will be very late, gentlemen, go to bed, and get up tomorrow morning.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)