Zhurou

Chapter 126
Zhao Mingzhi originally had nothing to do, but after listening to Wei Chengyan's words today, he knew that the other party was going to leave, even though he didn't know where he was going, he could guess one or two things.

She hesitated for a while, and said: "Second brother, if the Northwest Army and the Gyeonggi Imperial Army send troops to rescue Xuzhou according to the previous plan, once the Di bandits are defeated and flee, can they make an ambush along the way?"

Pei Yong said: "That should be the case, but things are always adaptable in wartime, and it's not easy to make that inference when it's not in front of you."

Zhao Mingzhi knew that he only knew the surface of the military and could not explain it. It is really difficult to use words. Besides, the things in the previous life have been greatly changed this time. , will suffer greatly.

She thought for a while, then simply went the opposite way, and asked: "In the opinion of the second brother, which way will Di Bing choose to escape, and how will he retreat?"

Pei Yongman replied: "The enemy's marshal is Zong Mao. He has always been bold and likes to take risks. This time, he is under a lot of pressure behind leading the army. If he encounters a sudden defeat, once he sees that the situation is turning around, not only will he not run away, Instead, they will set up an ambush and wait for someone to chase after them, turn around and fight in the pocket formation, then go west again, turn south again, and make a gesture to chase Caizhou..."

As he spoke, he casually poured a little tea on the lid of the cup, used his finger as a pen, dipped in the tea and made some strokes on the table as an explanation.

This approach is very serious, not just listening to Zhao Mingzhi's questions as superficial words, without any perfunctory in them.

"Qian Weiwu can only win battles with the wind, and may be useful against high-ranking bandits and rebels, but when he hears Zong Mao's movements, most likely he has already fled south before the sound of Di soldiers' horseshoes is in front of him-based on his past actions , will definitely run first in the name of protecting the emperor."

"As soon as Qian Weiwu runs away, he will take away all the forbidden troops, but Caizhou is convinced, and he will retreat south in all likelihood. The emperor has made a choice. Naturally, the capital is completely scattered, and he can't defend the city at all. If he is slow, he will retreat. If it is soon, someone will respond internally, open the gate of the city, and let Di soldiers plunder—in this way, although Zong Mao was defeated in Caizhou, he had to make up for it in Beijing, and took me to the capital, which is really a great achievement. It is enough to account for Xingqing Mansion."

Hearing this, Zhao Mingzhi was never dissatisfied.

However, when talking casually after the meal, Pei Yong's simple remark actually deduced almost exactly the same things from his previous life, and even Di Bing's marching route was correct.

The difference is that Zongmao was not defeated in the first place. After capturing Caizhou, he usually went west first and then south. He occupied the capital of the Jin Dynasty, and then chased south and fled to the new court.

"So the second brother has to lead the troops to the capital on his own. First, he came to show his sincerity. Second, if Zong Mao really leads the troops to fight, he can also lead the troops to defend the city. He won't surrender the city in a short while and suffer a crushing defeat..."

The gains and losses of the capital are different from other cities, counties and towns. It can be said that the hearts of the Jin Dynasty are at their backs.

Cities are easy to lose, but people's hearts are hard to find.

"But only one thousand soldiers and horses, isn't that too little?" Zhao Mingzhi murmured involuntarily.

The condition she originally told Yang Ting and others was that Pei Yong should go to Caizhou alone.

Such a naive and naive idea is naturally impossible, how could the Caizhou court not know, everyone just waited to see her come back with a feather, or thought about getting a little response from Pei Yong, first discuss it, and then fight for nothing. It's just a bargain.

But at this moment, after analyzing the motivation and reason behind it, she jumped out of the situation instead.

Once Pei Yong left the Jingzhao Mansion, if he had no heavy troops, in the eyes of the Caizhou court, it would be like a tiger going out of the forest and a crocodile out of the deep water.

This is the biggest step forward. Even so, if you bring one thousand soldiers or two thousand soldiers, as long as the number is not comparable to the imperial guards protecting the young emperor, no matter how many people there are, what difference does it make to Caizhou?
But if there are one or two thousand more soldiers and horses, once they face Zong Mao, they will be of great use!
"There are millions of people in the capital, even if half of them escaped, there are tens of thousands of people, and there is no shortage of guards." Pei Yongdao, "As long as the capital is defended for a few days, Caizhou can stick to its place, and wait for the troops of Yingzhou and Xuzhou Once we know the direction and lead the troops to help, we can force Zong Mao to go to Pingyang..."

When he said this, he stopped, with a smile in his voice, looked at Zhao Mingzhi and said: "Furthermore, it is a military secret - even if it is His Highness, it is not easy to listen to."

Zhao Mingzhi was stunned for a moment.

She knew how to behave, so naturally she didn't think it was disobedient, so she couldn't help but also laughed, saying: "I overstepped the rules."

Pei Yong moved the teacup to the side, took another pot of hot tea for her, and then said in a low voice: "That's not true, if His Highness is curious, I'll draw up a booklet and send it to the capital, and when you get there, you can do it yourself." Just read it—whatever you want to see, I will write for you.”

This kind of action is compliant, but what is the difference from covering one's ears and stealing one's bell?
Zhao Mingzhi only thought it was funny, but after thinking about it again, she felt that there was something else in it, which made her lose her mind for a while, wondering if the tea was too hot, and her face became hot.

She suppressed the extra thoughts, took out the paper that had been prepared in her sleeve, hesitated for a moment, then passed it over and said: "I have nothing to do, I have been listening to several officials in the Privy Council talking for a long time when I was traveling south, facing many meticulous papers. I also speculated on the map later - in fact, it is mostly my own imagination, and it may not be useful, but this time I still want to show it to my second brother. If I really want to ambush, I can use it to speculate on Zongmao's westward journey. disturb."

"This answer is just a throw away, just leave it to the subordinates, don't take it seriously..."

Just as he was speaking, Te opened the thin oilcloth outside the page, leaned slightly to his side, and turned the text side up.

The two leaned to the left and the other leaned to the right, looking at the same piece of paper. Naturally, the distance was a little closer than usual, but before they could get close enough, a person by the door laughed and said, "What are you doing? Could it be?" What is it like 'I'm going to leave, I'm afraid I'll return later'? Or some important token that I can't see?"

Zhao Mingzhi heard the sound and looked, it was indeed Wei Chengyan who had packed up and came back from the door, giggling.

She responded with a smile: "What a great token—Brother Wei San came just in time, please help me to say a few words."

Wei Chengyan honestly chose a seat and sat down, pretending to say: "Is it really something I can watch?"

After finishing speaking, he didn't want anyone to answer, and leaned his head next to Pei Yong, grabbed his seat to read the text, and asked himself and answered: "How do you say those two lines of poems——I met a brocade book on the road, so what should I do?" If you don’t eat birds and insects, you have to take a few quick glances—I’m such a good bird, how can I not look at it?”

Zhao Mingzhi thought about it seriously for a long time, still pondering what kind of verse it was, Pei Yong only read it through once, had already folded up the document, wrapped it in oiled paper again, put it in his arms, glanced at the missing corner, and then joined Wei Cheng Yan said: "It's getting late, I'll take a closer look with you when I go back."

Then he solemnly said to Zhao Mingzhi: "This deduced route is very interesting. I'll take it back and ask someone to study it carefully. It's just too late now, so I'd better rest earlier. The two of us won't stay any longer."

(End of this chapter)