Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 270 go all out
Li Jing and Yuan Keli have always been very accurate in judging Zhu Youjian's character and style of handling things. They thought that as long as Cao Wenzhao explained to Zhu Youjian the difficulties of the trip, and the need to allocate money and food, Zhu Youjian would be hesitant. This can drag on for several months.

But this time Li Jing and Yuan Keli both miscalculated. They didn't expect that Zhu Youjian had made up his mind to keep Cao Wenzhao away from Li Jing this time. Soon after Cao Wenzhao's memorial was handed in, Zhu Youjian gave his approval.

In the reply, Cao Wenzhao was severely reprimanded, saying that Cao Wenzhao was afraid of difficulties and avoiding dangers, and did not take the overall situation of the court as the top priority. Finally, he said: Don't talk about detours from Henan, even if you detour from Sichuan, you have to kill the rogues in Wu'an. Went out.

Looking at Zhu Youjian's reply, Li Jing smiled bitterly and said to Yuan Keli and Cao Wenzhao: "It seems that the emperor is determined to catch all the bandits this time. If so, let's do it! And our cavalry has been trained It's been more than half a year, just to practice with the bandits."

Cao Wenzhao laughed and said: "Our cavalry is really overkill to deal with the rogues, and Cao doesn't need to bring more. Only 3000 men can beat the rogues to pieces!"

Li Jing waved his hands and said solemnly: "Brother Cao, don't be careless. Goshawks and rabbits still need to go all out, let alone dealing with rogues?"

After speaking, Li Jing ordered his soldiers to take out the map and put it on the desk.

After looking at the map for a while, Li Jing pointed to the map and said, "Since we have decided to deal with the bandits, let's fight ruthlessly! Come and see! The Shanxi invaders Li Zicheng and Buzhanni, Yingshanhong and other troops have been expelled from Shaanxi by Hong Chengchou. Now They have entered Shanxi to try to join Gao Yingxiang's troops, and in my opinion, they will follow this route."

As Li Jing drew a curved line on the map with his finger, Cao Wenzhao and Yuan Keli looked at it and nodded slightly.

Li Zicheng and other troops fled into Shanxi from Shenmu County, Shaanxi. After a toss in Fugu County, they prepared to go south to Zezhou to join Wang Ziyong and Gao Yingxiang. They didn't want to go to Lin County. After the plague broke out, Gao Yingxiang and Wang Ziyong had already given up After leaving the territory of Zezhou, Gao Yingxiang led his troops to run in the direction of Lu'an Mansion, and Wang Ziyong ran in the direction of Henan.

Li Zicheng and other ministries had no choice but to stop moving southward, and began to march eastward, intending to pass through Taiyuan and then go southward to meet Gao Yingxiang at Lu'an Mansion.

Smiling, Li Jing said: "The rogues are running around. It's not easy to catch them all. The only way is to drive them to one place. Doesn't Li Zicheng want to join Gao Yingxiang? Then let them meet. I'm in Lu'an Mansion." Fang Fang is making an opening for them, letting them join the bandits of the Eight Great Kings, and then closing the gate of Lu'an Mansion, and annihilating them all in Hebei."

Cao Wenzhao looked at the map and asked in confusion, "What about the Wang's Self-Use Department in Jiyuan?"

Li Jing smiled and said: "Zijin Liang has been raging for so many years, and it should stop. This part is handed over to you. You lead [-] cavalry and [-] infantry, go straight from Yuanqu to Jiyuan, and destroy the king's own use department. After destroying Wang Ziyong, we sent troops from Henan to the east, stationed in Anyang, and blocked the passage of the rogues going south. I asked Sun Meng of Lin County to cooperate with your troops.

As for Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang, let your nephew Bianjiao command [-] cavalry and [-] infantry to go north to Taiyuan. In my opinion, Li Zicheng and the others will definitely go to Yushe and Wuxiang first, and Bianjiao will drive them south from Taiyuan to Lu Anfu, so that our strategic goals can be implemented. "

Cao Wenzhao looked at the map and nodded. After a while, he suddenly smiled and said, "Marshal, tell me the truth, I'm afraid it's not because they spread the plague this time, right?"

Li Jing smiled and said: "Spreading the plague is only one aspect. The main reason is that these people don't know what to do. They originally wanted to keep them to surrender in the future, but they didn't listen to them at all. Since they ran away from Zezhou, why not keep them?" They are useless."

Seeing Li Jing directly admitting his purpose, Cao Wenzhao nodded with a smile.

Generally speaking, in Li Jing's position, he would never admit that he used tricks to take advantage of others, but Li Jing did not shy away from what he did, and he did what he did.

Looking at the map, Li Jing pondered for a while, shook his head and sighed: "Our strategic layout has been formulated, but it's hard to say whether we can achieve the expected results. Make a decision."

Cao Wenzhao nodded and said, "I met Chen Qiyu once when he was encircling and suppressing the bandits in Shaanxi. It can be said that he was resourceful. With only [-] soldiers, he beat up the bandits in Shaanxi and fled here and there. I don't know why the commander thought he was How about planning more than making decisions?"

Li Jing shook his head and said, "Chen Qiyu is similar to Hong Chengchou in that they are both resourceful and resourceful, but compared to Hong Chengchou, Chen Qiyu is obviously not decisive enough to kill, and all his victories are calculated.

In the fifth year of Chongzhen, he served as the governor of Yansui. He led [-] miscellaneous troops against [-] rogues and won every battle. But if you study his battles carefully, you will find that he only concentrated his superior forces to fight against small groups of rogues.

The rogues are made up of people, and you know better than anyone else the level of warfare. There is absolutely no need to fight these people like this. The result of this kind of fighting is: Although he won all these battles, because he fought too many battles, The war has been going on for too long, and the local area has been destroyed beyond recognition.

However, Hong Chengchou's battle is to concentrate superior forces to directly attack the leader of the bandits. In terms of courage and determination, Chen Qiyu is undoubtedly inferior to Hong Chengchou, and naturally he is much worse than you! "

Sighing, he said, "Chen Qiyu is more than qualified to serve as a deputy, as a staff officer for you and Hong Chengchou. But as the commander-in-chief of an army, he is not qualified enough."

After a pause, Li Jing continued: "In addition, the emperor dispatched Zuo Liangyu, the general soldier of Henan Province, Wang Pu, the general soldier of the Beijing camp, and Tang Jiuzhou and others to encircle and suppress the rogues this time. Zuo Liangyu is the leader of the army. He is very good at it, but Wang Pu is much worse, this person has never seen anything in the world, so he must be fooled by then."

Listening to Li Jing's analysis of the character traits of the generals, Cao Wenzhao couldn't help being shocked.

At this time, Yuan Keli continued: "Actually, the biggest variable lies in Donglu. According to the merchants who do business with Donglu, since last year, there has been a famine in Donglu. signs of looting.

I analyzed with Jimin that if the eastern captives came, they would definitely not wait until winter, but would only attack around autumn, because that was the season for harvesting grain, and the eastern captives would definitely not attack the front line of Ningyuan, but would only come from the direction of Datong .

Now that the imperial court is using troops against the bandits in the interior, Datong's defense is weak, and it may not be able to stop the soldiers from the East.At that time, the emperor will definitely send troops to encircle and suppress the bandits to Datong for reinforcements, and the most likely ones to be transferred are your troops.If you transfer your troops to Datong, then the suppression of the bandits will definitely fall short. "

Li Jing looked at Cao Wenzhao and continued, "Do you know why I don't agree with Chen Qiyu as commander-in-chief? It's because this man is good at calculating, and he has to think carefully about everything before he starts. The war will inevitably drag on for a long time, and the war The longer the delay, the greater the variables.

In fact, it is not necessary to be so clear about fighting the bandits. We all know who the leader of the bandits is. To capture the bandits, first capture the king, and take down the main leaders of the bandits, and the bandits will naturally disappear.

Therefore, in this battle, you must make a quick decision, and you don't have to follow Chen Qiyu's orders in everything.

You remember these few people: the first one is the Eight Great Kings, this person's real name is Zhang Xianzhong, he is insidious and cunning, murderous and vicious, he loves to surrender, and there is no need to talk nonsense about him, just one word: kill!

The second one is Cao Cao, whose real name is Luo Rucai. This person is quite popular among the rogues, and the rogues can unite in battle. This person is the biggest pusher, and he is also not polite to this person.

The third is Chuang Jiang, who is called Li Zicheng.This person is not strong at the moment, but this person is firm and courageous, and he is used to judging the situation. Last time I forced Gao Yingxiang to abandon the old, weak, women and children, and form the main force to attack the five counties of Pingyang Prefecture. This person has learned this Tactics, and this person saw that I was using Gao Yingxiang's troops, and he would definitely attack them in the future, so he left Gao Yingxiang and led his troops back to Shaanxi. Once this person has capable people to assist him, he will definitely become a generation of heroes.

The fourth person is King Chuang, that is, Gao Yingxiang. This person has a very high prestige among the rogues, and his ability is much stronger than that of Zijin Liang Wang himself.

Among the remaining leaders of the rogue bandits, Ma Shouying, the veteran of the Fifth Gezuo Battalion, and others counted as a role, and the rest can be ignored.

The above four people, seize the opportunity and never let it go, if these people stay for one more day, the world will be in chaos for one day. "

Cao Wenzhao clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, Commander, Cao will definitely not let these four people go if he seizes the opportunity."

Li Jing waved his hand, sighed and said, "Just do your best and obey the destiny. It's less than three months before the autumn harvest. I think Donglu has already started preparations, and I don't know if there will be time."

Cao Wenzhao nodded silently upon hearing this.

After pondering for a while, Li Jing continued: "It seems that we need to make more preparations. Once the Eastern captives invade Datong, we must prepare for it as soon as possible. I will send [-] more infantry to Bianjiao and Makoto After arriving in Taiyuan, let Bianjiao lead the [-] infantry to stay still, and Ma Ke will take the rest of the troops to Lu'an Mansion to suppress the bandits. In this way, if the Eastern captives invade Datong, Bianjiao will lead the [-] infantry to go first. Datong is deploying defenses, I hope this will buy you more time."

Cao Wenzhao looked at Li Jing and felt inexplicable for a moment. This man had such far-reaching thoughts and such a thorough layout.

Looking at Li Jing, Cao Wenzhao said suddenly: "Commander, Mr. Cao heard some rumors some time ago that the commander was short of funds, and started to attack some officials and businessmen, confiscating all their wealth. Commander, please Don’t destroy the Great Wall yourself! If it’s really difficult to turn around, Cao and his subordinates are willing to receive half of the salary.”

Li Jingwen was startled when he heard this, and then he realized that what Cao Wenzhao was talking about was the corruption case in the salt factory some time ago.

(End of this chapter)