subvert the late Tang Dynasty

In Dangshan County, Zhu Yu has been invited from the countryside to the county seat, and Ding Hui arranged to go back to Songzhou for a while. Zhu Yu didn't want to go, and said: "Dangshan is my hometown, I don't want to go, you want Is it because you are not sure about defending Dangshan?" Zhu Yu is a smart person, and he hit the point right away.

Ding Hui and Niu Cunjie looked at each other, smiled wryly, and couldn't help thinking: "As expected of the prince's eldest brother, you can see the crux of the problem at a glance." , once the common people know about it, there will definitely be an uproar.

Dan Dinghui couldn't be blunt, and just said lightly: "Although Dangshan is a small county, we have 5000 troops. From tomorrow, General Niu will bring 5000 people into the mountainous area of ​​Dangshan as a mobile force to carry out swimming operations. Shi Pu Although he has an army of 8000, it is not so easy for him to attack Dangshan. What's more, General Pang Shigu Pang also brought [-] elite soldiers in Bozhou; General Zhang Cunjing Zhang has [-] troops in Songzhou although his strength is small; General Zhenzhu's [-] troops are already on their way and will arrive in a few days."

Zhu Yu nodded after hearing this, and said with a smile: "I don't understand wars, you can do as you please, but there is one thing, since you want to fight, you have to uproot Shi Pu, so as to avoid future troubles."

Ding Hui and Niu Cunjie looked at each other, and smiled wryly in his heart: As expected of the prince’s elder brother, his spirit is different, and he wanted to destroy Shi Pu directly, but Shi Pu’s Xuzhou army is notoriously tough, how could it be so powerful? Is it easy to say that it will be destroyed?But they can't say such words, they can only mutter in their hearts, and they can only vaguely agree with them.

The next day, Shi Pu came to fight, saying that he was about to fight ten miles outside the city. Ding Hui smiled lightly and said, "This Shi Pu is really funny. What age is it? He still has a fight. Who doesn't know Xuzhou?" The army is good at field battles? We just stay behind closed doors and wait for the reinforcements from General Zhu Zhen."

Niu Cunjie also said with a smile: "This Shi Pu, thanks to his idea, he wants to use his own strengths to attack the other's weaknesses, does he really treat us as fools?"

The two looked at each other and smiled, as if they didn't care about Shi Pu's threats at all. In fact, they were secretly worried about what kind of tricks Pu was up to at this time. Shi Pu's ability to separate one side and gain a foothold in Xuzhou, where the people are strong, proves that He is definitely not an idle person, how could he make such a naive move?

But in order to comfort Zhu Yu who was at the side, they could only pretend to be indifferent on the surface.

But Zhu Yu frowned and said: "You two generals, don't underestimate the enemy! Shi Pu is always scheming, he knows that their Xuzhou army is good at fighting in the field, we will definitely not agree, but still send someone to send a letter of war, so that It seems that he has only one purpose, that is, he doesn't want to attack by force, but wants to play tricks with us."

Ding Hui is more and more admiring Zhu Wen, the big brother. Usually Zhu Yu looks like an honest country nerd, but when encountering a real big event, he can see the key point of the matter at a glance. If he leads troops, it will definitely be A Confucian general like Zhuge Liang.

Niu Cunjie, a rough man, admired him even more, and asked, "In the eyes of Mr. Zhu, what is his purpose?" Although Zhu Yu has been in the countryside, Zhu Wen gave him a job as the governor of Yingzhou. The title is said to be remote, but in fact it is just a name. The actual work is done by other people, and it is enough to get a deputy to sit in Yingzhou. Zhu Yu is actually getting a salary for nothing.It is precisely because Zhu Yu has the title of governor that Niu Cunjie called him "Master Zhu", otherwise, I really don't know how to call him.

Zhu Yu said confidently: "The two generals are veterans of the battlefield, and they must have known each other in their hearts. I wonder if I'm right?"

Ding Hui laughed and said: "Master Zhu is very discerning, and I, Ding Hui, admire it. Although the two of us know that Shi Pu is definitely playing tricks, we don't know what kind of tricks he is playing?"

Zhu Yu only said four words: "Siege the city and fight for aid."

In fact, Ding Hui also thought of this method, but he felt that it was unrealistic, because Dangshan was a small county, and it was not worth Shi Pu's army to attack at all. The state is not considered at all, because Shi Pu's [-] troops are basically in Yongzhou City. Starting from Yongzhou, they will either attack Bozhou to the west or Songzhou to the northwest. What's the point of encircling Dangshan?What's more, even if there are reinforcements, which one of Zhang Cunjing, Pang Shigu, and Zhu Zhen is easy to provoke?Which one can Shi Pu eat?

Ding Hui said his thoughts again, and Zhu Yu smiled slightly: "You only know one thing, but you don't know the other thing. Shi Pu's Xuzhou army is good at fighting in the field, and defending the city and attacking fortifications are not its specialties. Our Xuanwu army Except for Pang Shigu, who is mainly cavalry, which is relatively mobile in field warfare, the proportion of cavalry in the other teams such as Zhu Zhen and Zhang Cunjing is less than [-]%. Against these sturdy Xuzhou troops The outcome is hard to predict, not to mention the superiority of the Xuzhou army's strength is beyond our comparison."

Niu Cunjie was a little unconvinced and said: "My old cow is not convinced. Why is the Xuzhou army so powerful that it has never taken advantage of the war with Qin Zongquan? Why don't we let the Xuanwu army come forward in the end?"

Zhu Yudao: "At that time, several feudal towns came together to attack Qin Zongquan. Who didn't want others to stand out? They all wanted to let others be cannon fodder and take advantage of themselves. They didn't want to lose their troops at all. How could we, like our Xuanwu Army, really stand up for the suffering people? It’s different now, now it’s about Shi Pu’s life and death, of course he has to go all out, 7 horses are not for fun and the strength of the Xuzhou Army is definitely not comparable to that of the Huaixi Army, although the Huaixi Army is also very powerful, But they are all scattered, not monolithic like the Xuzhou Army. So I say this time the situation is not optimistic."

Zhu Yu's analysis was clear and sound, and Ding Hui nodded when he heard it, but Niu Cunjie didn't care. He was also a man who fought for many years. He used to be a small school, and he always rushed to the front line of battles. He was used to fighting, so he didn't care at all. These, on the contrary, he likes to fight tough battles, because only that is more exciting.

Ding Hui said: "Then how should we deal with it?" Now Ding Hui has regarded Zhu Yu as a very powerful Confucian general, not to mention Zhu Yu's identity is Zhu Wen's eldest brother, so Zhu Yu should be asked to make any decisions. It is better to call the shots.

Zhu Yu said: "Since Shi Pu won't attack Dangshan for a while, and now Shi Pu's men know that Zhu Zhen hasn't arrived yet, and his men haven't besieged the city yet, we might as well make an empty city plan, General Ding and General Niu, you guys Went out of the city overnight, brought 1 people back to Bozhou, joined forces with General Pang Shigu Pang, first went south to capture Guoyang, Mengcheng and went straight to Suzhou."

Ding Hui slapped his thigh and said happily: "Yes, the strength of the probation army is basically concentrated in Yongzhou now, and the defense of Suzhou must be empty. After we take Suzhou, we can continue to move eastward, and then take Suining and Suqian. In this way , formed a semi-encircled situation against Xuzhou. At that time, Shi Pu was surrounded by enemies, not to mention attacking, it would be good if he could keep Pengcheng."

However, Ding Hui's excited mood receded like a tide in an instant, and he said worriedly: "But in this way, what if General Zhu Zhenzhu arrives before Dangshan and Pu comes to attack Dangshan, what should we do?"

Zhu Yu smiled and said: "Didn't I say that? You only took away 5000 elite soldiers, and the remaining 800 people stayed in Dangshan to guard the city. Dangshan is a small county town. There are usually only five or six hundred troops garrisoned. Hurry up, there will never be more than [-] people of all kinds of servants, won’t they still be able to survive? Don’t worry, I’m here for everything.”

Ding Huixin said: "I don't feel relieved just because of you. You are the eldest brother of the prince. If there is something wrong, how can the prince let us go?" In his heart, Ding Hui still shook his head and said: "This is too risky. The prince often told us that we should not take risks in marching and fighting. Any chance of luck may cause tens of thousands of casualties. For the sake of the people in Dangshan City , we can’t act lightly, or wait until Zhu Zhen comes to Dangshan.”

Although Zhu Yu is Zhu Wen's eldest brother, but after all, his position is only Yingzhou Inspector, and this Inspector is still a fake, he has no right at all to enslave these accomplished generals, so she looked excited when she saw Ding Hui just now. , I thought that Ding Hui would definitely agree, but what I didn't expect was that Ding Hui would not agree to it.Now Zhu Yu had no choice but to shake his head secretly and sighed: "I hope that General Ding will not delay the battle opportunity. General Ding is a smart man. I hope you can look at this war from the overall situation, and don't just because it belongs to the third child." Hometown, let alone live here because of me, because your mission is to defend the country and protect the people from being bullied. Shi Pu is cruel and easy to kill, and his troops are strong. The war will last for several years or even decades, and it is the common people who suffer.”

Niu Cunjie was already on the verge of making a move. Now that he heard Zhu Yu's words, he hurriedly said: "Otherwise, let General Ding defend the city here, and finally bring 5000 troops to Bozhou to join General Pang, and we can also attack Xiazhou. , even including Suqian, must be defeated. At that time, we will be able to attack Xuzhou from three sides and capture Shi Pu alive..."

At this moment, a military academy outside reported that General Zhu Zhenzhu had arrived at Dangshan with [-] cavalry from the vanguard, and had let General Zhu in.

Sure enough, the three of them heard a sharp sound of horseshoes outside and remembered that Ding Hui and Niu Cunjie hurried out to greet them. Now Zhu Zhen is the commander of the Xuanwu Army. Zhu Zhen's subordinate, of course he will go out to greet Zhu Zhen when she comes.Niu Cunjie is now the vanguard of Ding Hui, but his actual rank is only a general, so of course he has to welcome him even more.Zhu Yu also went out to greet her with a smile. Zhu Zhen lived in Zhu Yu's house when she was only fifteen or sixteen years old. Jane also valued it very much, so he also went out to welcome her.