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Chapter 114 Three birds with one stone

The story is divided into two parts, Shen Shuren returned from Jiangling to Xiaogan camp on April 22.

For many days since then, due to the low morale of the bandits and various reasons, the two sides have been at loggerheads.And after Shen Shuren learned the news of He Jin's serious injury on April 26, he became more reassured and could wait with confidence.

As for the thieves, He Yilong heard that Liu Guoneng robbed Xinyang's lair on the early morning of April [-]th.It took two days and one night, and it was not until the first night of May that he made up his mind to kill He Jin, who was seriously injured. On the second day of junior high school, he falsified the news of his death, and spent two or three days annexing He Jin's troops.

Therefore, He Yilong finished all the preparations and retreated in batches, at least after the fifth day of May.

Of course, Shen Shuren was not idle during this period of time.

On the eighth day after Shen Shuren returned to Xiaogan, also on April [-], Shen Shuren waited until Shen Fu, whom he sent to send a letter of help to Liu Guoneng.

The distance Shen Fu had to travel was farther than the enemy's emergency messenger, and to be able to come back so soon, he would almost die of death on horseback.

It took him a total of eleven days (counted from the day Shen Shuren left Jiangling), from Jiangling to Ye County, then back to Jiangling and then to Xiaogan, the whole journey was more than 800 miles, with two days of rest in between. Waiting for a reply, the rest of the time will have to ride an average of [-] miles a day.

But all the hard work was worth it. Shen Fu brought the young master the sure news that Liu Guoneng was willing to send troops with all his strength. He also said that a battalion of Jin Shenghuan's troops promised by Governor Fang had already set off from Jiangling on April 28 and would leave. The Yangtze River channel came down the river for reinforcements.

Deploying troops must be more troublesome than couriers sending letters, so it is normal to start a day late.

What Fang Kongxuan promised at the beginning was that he must first be sure of the prerequisite that "Liu Guoneng has the ability to send troops", and then he will come to assist, otherwise he will not pay for nothing alone.

Jin Shenghuan couldn't take a shortcut like Shen Fu did. He had to ensure the safety of the troops marching to prevent being intercepted halfway, and also to ensure concealment and surprise, which could only be done by detouring the Yangtze River waterway.Fortunately, it is going down the river, and the boat can travel nearly [-] miles a day.

Shen Fu told the young master that Jin Shoubei needs five days of marching, and he can arrive on the third day of May, so there should be no delay.

"The third day of May? Yes, I guess He Jin and He Yilong won't run so fast. You've worked hard, go down and rest."

Shen Shuren knew that Shen Fu was too tired and haggard these days.Even if he has other things to do, he won't let a good employee do it.

After Shen Fu retreated to rest, Shen Shuren recruited several top-level confidants and generals, and announced the latest situation of the reinforcements and the enemy's situation.

Zuo Zixiong, Zhang Mingzhen, and Yan Yingyuan were all very excited and their morale was high. They said that they should recharge their energy and recharge their horses and soldiers in the past two days.

Counting the days, the news of Liu Guoneng sending troops must have spread throughout the bandit camp by then.The bandits must be panicked and demoralized. Although there are many people, there is nothing to fear!
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After deploying the battle preparations, Shen Shuren was not prepared to stop there - he always liked to kill two birds with one stone, kill three birds with one stone, and eat more fish with one fish.

This time, he finally had the opportunity to defeat the strong with the weak, pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.If you don't calculate how many forces go in, maximize your own interests as much as possible, and wipe everything out, you will be too sorry for yourself.

That night, Shen Shuren had a few drinks by himself, took advantage of the alcohol to sort out his inspiration, and then searched and retrieved the materials of "Ming History" in his mind repeatedly, trying to dig out some useful dry goods.

Unexpectedly, he really sorted out some eyebrows for him.

"Historically, at this time, Li Zicheng should have attacked Luoyang and killed the old King Fu, right? Zhang Xianzhong stole Xiangyang to kill King Xiang, which seemed to be a little later than Li Zicheng, and it hasn't happened yet.

It seems that it was all my butterfly effect that caused the bandits to be suppressed temporarily. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong failed to regain the top until Huang Taiji entered the bandits and attracted Yang Sichang's main northern aid.

But I remember that after King Xiang was killed in history, not only did Yang Sichang die in fear of crime, Zuo Liangyu seemed to be dismissed from his post and punished, and led the army on the charge of neglecting to save himself.

This time Zuo Liangyu was near Wuchang, only across a river from Suizhou, less than two hundred miles away.I asked him for help symbolically once before, but he really didn't come, so we don't dare to offend him too much.

Now with the support of Liu Guoneng and Fang Kongxuan, coupled with the internal changes of the thieves, victory is inevitable, so we don't have to worry about offending Zuo Liangyu completely.If you can't kill He Jin and He Yilong in the end and escape, you can also sue Zuo Liangyu to avoid the battle, and try to get him to be reprimanded and moved to the town for a while..."

Thinking of this, Shen Shuren feels that this conspiracy is quite feasible. The most important thing is that even if it fails, there will be no loss. Anyway, relying on the current strength in the military, it can already guarantee victory, and the rest is just fighting. Rabbit's momentum.

It is impossible for a warlord like Zuo Liangyu to be completely uprooted by Chongzhen during the 14th and 15th years of Chongzhen.

In the same period of history, even if he was questioned, he would only lose his official title of "General Ping Zei", but Zuo Liangyu's direct line troops were still led by himself.In addition, the imperial court was able to give him a little punishment of "moving the town", forcing him to move in the direction of Sichuan and follow Zhang Xianzhong.

For Shen Shuren, after his own power expanded, he would already have a surplus of troops - if He Jin was completely wiped out, Shen Shuren could at least recruit tens of thousands of troops, and with so many soldiers, it would be more than enough to defend Huangzhou and Suizhou.

If Zuo Liangyu can be squeezed out of Wuchang Mansion on the opposite bank of the river, even if Shen Shuren can't take over Wuchang and Hanyang, he can at least infiltrate there. Before that, he always wanted the Daye Iron Mine in Wuchang Mansion to start his own industry. Isn't the opportunity here?
However, in order to realize all this, Shen Shuren realized that he still had a move that he hadn't taken, and he had to hurry up and take it at this moment—that is, to completely run Zuo Liangyu and not give Zuo Liangyu a ride Chance.

Zuo Liangyu is very slippery when he is a warlord. In history, when King Xiang was killed, it happened too suddenly and he couldn't react in time.On the other occasions, Zuo Liangyu was able to make sure to get a "proof of presence" without any effort.

Whenever the friendly army is about to win a battle, he will send someone to show his face. The timing is similar to that of a Hong Kong movie. This kind of old fried dough sticks hob meat, which makes it difficult to catch his criminal evidence in many cases.

This time, to ensure that he has no face to mess with the "proof of presence", Shen Shuren must start from two aspects: first, until the moment before the big victory, he must not let outsiders see that he has the hope of winning.

To the outside world, you have to pretend to be as weak as possible, and the more you pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger, the better. When it comes to the moment of attack, you have to use thunderous means to kill in seconds, and don't give Zuo Liangyu time to react.

Secondly, I have to worsen the relationship with Zuo Liangyu as soon as possible, so that Zuo Liangyu has no preparation in his heart for reinforcements, and even before Shen Shuren starts the regiment, he deliberately transfers the troops to other places, because "it is too late to save Shen Daotai" in the future make excuse.

It's pretty clear what to do.

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So, the day after Shen Fu returned to Xiaogan, Shen Shuren made another two moves of idle chess.

First of all, he sent another confidant to return to Huanggang County by fast boat to pick up Li Xiangjun and others. On the way, Shen Shuren's other personal maids would watch over them in case of accidents.

On the first day of May, Li Xiangjun and others arrived in Xiaogan.

When seeing Shen Shuren, Li Xiangjun was still a little confused, a little timid, and at a loss.Fortunately, Chen Yuanyuan also came along, she was not so tender, and helped to ease the embarrassment in the center.

Shen Shuren didn't explain too much. After all, Li Xiangjun was bought by him after spending 8000 taels of silver to redeem him. She was supposed to be his woman, so there was nothing to be coy about.

Since receiving Huangzhou at the end of February, it is now the beginning of May. During the two months, Shen Shuren was so busy, either managing the local area or handling military affairs, so he did not accept Li Xiangjun's house, and it has been delayed until today.

After the reunion, Shen Shuren was not polite, and started directly, rubbed Li Xiangjun's cheek a few times, turned his head calmly and told Chen Yuanyuan:
"It's running out of time, Yuanyuan, you should give Junjun a face first. I'm going to have a banquet tonight. I'm going to ask the gentry in the city to force me to donate to the army and raise money to recruit young men. I'm going to pretend that He Jin and He Yilong's army is ten times stronger." For me, I really don't have the confidence to win, so I broke the jar and smashed it.

When drinking to drown my sorrows, I would pretend to leak my words and hate Zuo Liangyu for being stingy, just because I insulted Hou Fangyu, the son of his benefactor Hou Xun, and robbed Hou Fangyu of the concubine that Hou Fangyu was going to buy for him. , Obviously only more than 100 miles away from Suizhou, but refused to send reinforcements because of personal grievances.

What you have to do is to use the fastest speed to make Junjun's face look like a newly favored and favored woman, so as not to be seen through by sharp-eyed people.

Yes, not only the hair on the sideburns needs to be twisted clean, but also the eyebrows. The inner part near the center of the eyebrows should be shaved a little bit, and the outer part should be painted a little more. ! "

Experienced people can tell whether a girl has been married for a long time, but if she has just tasted the forbidden fruit for a long time, she cannot tell.So even if Shen Shuren takes Li Xiangjun to Fa-rectification on the spot now, it is impossible for her appearance to change significantly within two or three days.

At this time, you need to fake.

In ancient times, the main reason for women to open their faces was to wring the hairs on certain parts of their faces before getting married, and more importantly, to trim their eyebrows.After losing her virginity, a woman's eyebrows will be more protruding than when she was a virgin, and the tip of her eyebrows is easy to pick up. This is how Wenpo of the Ming Dynasty distinguished.

As for the matter of sleeping with Li Xiangjun, let's deal with the business first.

Chen Yuanyuan also seemed to know what he was going to do this time in advance, and he brought a diorama with him when he came from Huanggang, and immediately helped to fake it.

Li Xiangjun looked sad, a little dazed, as if he was quite melancholy because he had experienced such a big event in his life on such an occasion and in such a layout.

After opening her face and making up the fake, she couldn't help but approach Shen Shuren's arms, sobbing: "If I knew today, why did I do it in the first place. The young master rescued the slave's family from the fire pit, and the slave's family shouldn't ask for anything else.

But since in the end it is necessary to ask for the slave family, why not take the time to ask for the slave family one or two months earlier, so as to avoid these hypocrisy.Could it be that the young master despises the ugliness of the slave family, and from the beginning to the end, he only thinks that the slave family is of value, and disdains pampering. "

Li Xiangjun has no personnel involved, so he can't even talk about looking forward to it.But she just wants to have a more normal good memory, some things can be done easily.

Shen Shuren let her cry, and when she calmed down, he said calmly and reliably: "You are wronged, but I am still wronged. Do you think that I have planned all of this exhaustively and long ago?

National affairs that men worry about, what do you know, don't look at me, I was 21 years old, and I was on the stage, every step I took was a knife head licking blood!In all the battles in my life, which one has I not encountered an opponent who is several times stronger than myself!One mistake and you will be smashed to pieces!
I just don't want to embarrass anyone.If I hadn't been sure of winning and gaining a firm foothold back then, if I had died, I would have set you free. Why bother to break your body before dying and let you live in painful memories for the rest of your life.

Only now can I be sure that I will survive this catastrophe, and I will naturally not be vague. After these two days of socializing, I will want you right away!Not now, if you are made to walk with a limp now, it will be a big mistake! "

Li Xiangjun was shocked when he heard this, and his original unwillingness and self-doubt disappeared completely.

"So you don't want the slave family all the time, just because you feel that you are in danger? The slave family came from a humble background, but the son is so considerate of the slave family... Don't think like this in the future! Since the slave family is already a son, no matter where the son goes, All the servants are obedient!"

Shen Shuren slapped him hard a few times as a lesson: "Okay, let's do this first, I'm not very good at talking nasty words, stop now, and remember not to blush when you see guests later!"

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The night banquet in Xiaogan County that night, the news of the unfavorable war, and the rumor that the strong men were going to resist He Jin were all conveyed perfectly as promised.

On the other side, Shen Shuren also made arrangements at the same time, wrote another letter of pleading for help with a very low profile, and sent it to Zuo Liangyu.

Shen Shuren also very viciously asked Governor Fang Kongxuan to also co-sign, and made Governor Fang strongly demand that Zuo Liangyu must send troops to Suizhou. Now only Zuo Liangyu in Huguang can save Suizhou——

And all these documents, of course, can eventually become ironclad evidence for a lawsuit in the court, and each of them has clear date evidence.

After receiving the final high-pressure order, Zuo Liangyu once made the plan of "if there is a play, I will go for the assist".

But just as he was hesitating, within a day or two, there were a lot of gossip from Xiaogan.

I don't know where those big mouths are spreading, saying, "The reason why Zuo Liangyu refused to save Shen Daotai was because Shen Daotai had humiliated Zuo Liangyu's benefactor Hou Xun's son when he was still in Meixianglou, Nanjing. Openly robbed the oiran that Young Master Hou planned to buy as Zuo Liangyu's concubine."

Gossip and rumors are always the most tenacious vitality, not to mention there are still some people deliberately fueling the flames.

All of a sudden, the Huakui lady in Meixianglou, Nanjing, was so beautiful, how beautiful she was, and how Shen Daotai was drunk and leaked when he met the guests with her arms around her.

Among them, the narration of Li Xiangjun's beauty is obviously the most valuable part.

People like Zuo Liangyu have always had a bad eye when it comes to robbing women.It has happened in history that his general gave him a woman, but was cut off by others, and he snatched the woman back and killed him.

Hearing that the beautiful concubine who should belong to him was cut off, he immediately became furious, and the new and old hatred with Shen Shuren also came to his heart.

He also heard that Shen Shuren was in critical condition during the Battle of Suizhou, to the point where he was desperately ill and went to the doctor wanting to apportion and arrest the strong men, Zuo Liangyu finally made up his mind:
"Huh, the big deal is that I will be punished by the court this time, and I will lose some official positions! Anyway, the emperor is impossible to take away our direct descendants! The official positions are all vain!

What's more, if Shen Shuren could repel He Jin and survive, the emperor would still feel that Shen Shuren could overwhelm the defense of Huguangdong.If Shen Shuren is defeated and killed, no matter how unwilling the emperor is, he will have to rely on me to guard the Huguang border even more!Otherwise, once I'm transferred, Huguang will be completely corrupted! "

He decided to bet, bet that Shen Shuren would die!Bet that after Shen Shuren died, Chongzhen couldn't find anyone to replace him in a hurry!That way, not only would he not have to worry about being deprived of his military power, he wouldn't even have to worry about being asked to move town!
(End of this chapter)