Chapter 227: The Book of Discussion and Capture
Xu Jin took the pile of paper handed by Fei Cai and looked at it, only to see that the title at the beginning read: To Xu Ziqian to discuss the book of Ningning.
Xu Jin couldn't help but move in his heart, this is obviously a strategy book to discuss how to pacify King Ning, let's not look at the level of the strategy, just look at this pile of papers, I am afraid that there are as many as a thousand words, it is estimated that Fei Cai has been messing up these days, no wonder his eyes are red.
Born with humility, the next way to create Zhongxing. Tomorrow, stretch the emperor's authority, and eliminate endless troubles. The work is restored, and the sea is not straight......
Xu Jin was sweating as soon as he read the beginning, the ancients seemed to have this kind of stinky problem when they wrote essays, and they wrote a lot of nonsense first, and then they started to get down to business. The most typical is the emperor's holy decree, which can be explained clearly in one sentence, but a lot of flowery nonsense has to be written in the front, and the last sentence is the right thing.
The same is true of Fei Cai's "Book of Discussion and Capture Ning", which was touted by Xu Jin at the beginning, and it was so exaggerated that even Xu Jin himself felt embarrassed.
After touting Xu Jin, he showed his heart, and he sprinkled hundreds of words, which meant that he and King Ning, the thief, did not share the sky, and swore not to stand together, and hated to wield a sword to kill this traitor.
It is in the last part of the article that the strategy of how to pacify King Ning is really discussed.
Xu Jin directly skipped the nonsense in front and carefully looked at the part of the strategy behind, and couldn't help but be a little surprised. Although Fei Cai's strategy book is a bit of a scholar's opinion, there are many places that are still to the point and have reference value.
The general policy of Fei Cai's "capturing Ning" plan is to gather troops from all counties, attack Hongzhou (Nanchang) first, destroy King Ning's lair, strangle the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, cut off the return route of King Ning's naval army, and deal a head-on blow when he returns to rescue Nanchang, and calm it down in one fell swoop.
Xu Jin glanced at Fei Cai, who was full of anticipation, and couldn't help but move slightly in his heart, Fei Cai's dedication to writing this "Capture Ning Book" was obviously a way for him to save himself.
Xu Jin told Fei Ruyi that night that if Fei Cai's wife Lou Suqin wanted to escape, unless she could be pardoned by the Son of Heaven today, and the best way to let the Son of Heaven pardon was to make meritorious contributions in the process of pacifying King Ning.
Obviously, Fei Cai also understood this, so he wrote this "Letter to Xu Ziqian to Discuss the Capture of Ning", if Xu Jin used this strategy to quell the rebellion of King Ning in the future, then Fei Cai's contribution would naturally be indispensable.
Xu Jin estimated that Fei Shi also participated in the planning of this "Book of Capture", but he just gave all the credit to his younger brother.
Xu Jin put this "Discussion and Capture Ning Book" back on the coffee table, and said with a smile: "Uncle Cai's strategy book is very good, and every sentence is to the point. β
Fei Cai's face suddenly turned happy when he heard this, and he said modestly: "Ziqian praised it, it's just that some scholars have a foolish opinion, and it would be good if they could help Ziqian a little." β
Xu Jin sighed secretly in his heart, Fei Cai wanted to protect himself but worshiped the wrong Buddha, the true Buddha of King Ning was not himself, but Wang Shouren's cow.
Xu Jin pondered his words and said: "Uncle Cai, although the governor appointed me as the general judge of Guangxin Mansion, the power in my hands is still too small, and I can only control the soldiers and horses of the counties of Guangxin Mansion, and I have more than enough to defend myself, but I am not enough to attack." It is difficult to send troops to attack Nanchang! β
The gleam in Fei Cai's eyes suddenly darkened, what Xu Jin said was indeed the truth, Guangxin Mansion had only stationed three thousand households, namely: Shangrao, Lead Mountain, and Yiyang.
The sum of the three thousand households is less than 4,000 troops, not to mention that the Yiyang Thousand Households have been defeated by thieves today. Moreover, among the seven counties under the jurisdiction of Guangxin Prefecture, Guixi County and Yiyang County have all been occupied by Wu Sanba, and the thieves' troops are pointing at Leadshan County.
Xu Jin smiled and said, "Uncle Cai, you can't see Taishan in a blind eye?" In fact, your "Book of Capture" should be dedicated to a person in the south. β
Fei Cai was slightly stunned, and then blurted out: "Wang Bo'an (Wang Shouren), the governor of Southern Jiangxi!" β
Xu Jin nodded with a smile and said: "Exactly, Governor Wang is strange with his troops, and he holds the military power of southern Jiangnan, so he can take on this great task!" β
Fei Cai stroked his palms and smiled: "Uncle Cai is foolish, but I want to thank Ziqian for his advice." β
Xu Jin hurriedly said: "Uncle Cai is just a fan of the authorities, it just so happens that I convened the generals to discuss the method of dealing with Wu Sanba, Uncle Cai might as well participate together, so as to learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses, and improve this "Book of Discussion and Capture Ning", and then Uncle Cai will personally take this book to Ganzhou to dedicate it to Governor Wang. According to the calculation of time, Governor Wang should have also received the news of King Ning's rebellion. β
Fei Cai solemnly gave a salute and said gratefully: "Ziqian, thank you!" β
Xu Jin hurriedly returned the salute and said, "Uncle Cai, don't say that, the little nephew can't afford it!" β
Fei Cai glanced at the handsome young man, and secretly said in his heart that it was a pity, how good it would be if this son was unmarried.
It is said that Fei Cai had the idea of marrying his daughter Fei Jixiang to Xu Jin, but unfortunately Xu Jin already has a wife. And now it is even more impossible, because the entire Fei family knows that the third girl Ruyi will definitely marry into the Xu family in the future. Therefore, no matter how good Xu Jin is, no matter how faceless the Fei family is, it is impossible to marry both daughters to Xu Jin at the same time.
"See Lord Tongju!"
Xu Jin took Fei Cai into the meeting hall, and the generals who had been waiting here for a long time immediately saluted solemnly, and even Luo Hong of the Thousand Households of Lead Mountain behaved respectfully.
This is the power of Xu Jin to cut down more than 200 people with an order, such a drastic method not only shocked the officials and gentry, but also shocked the generals and colonels.
Xu Jin nodded slightly in return, calmly walked to the main seat and sat down, and ordered someone to give Fei Cai a seat.
"The thief leader Wu Sanba is leading 10,000 soldiers to kill by land and water, if you have a way to deal with it, you can speak freely!" Xu Jin didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the point as soon as he came up.
Attending the meeting this time included two military attachΓ©s of more than 100 households in 1,000 households, totaling nearly 30 people. For a while, everyone spoke enthusiastically and expressed their opinions, and the atmosphere was very warm, and this was all the morale boosted by today's "beheading".
Xu Jin had been sitting on the main seat and listening, and he didn't interject too much. As a decision-maker, as long as you grasp the general direction, the key is to know people and make good use of them, and it is taboo to grasp all kinds of things, especially in areas that you are not good at, which will kill people, so the specific affairs are still handed over to professional people to do.
This pre-war meeting lasted nearly an hour, and finally decided on a 16-character operational policy: avoid its sharp edge and defend the city. Consume the opponent and stand by to break the enemy.
At that moment, Xu Jin appointed Yu Linsheng as the commander and Xiong Bai as the deputy commander, and the two were fully responsible for defending the city, while he was in the middle of the dispatch.
So the generals dispersed happily and, according to the strategy discussed, began to arrange their forces to defend the city in an orderly manner.
By participating in this pre-war meeting, Fei Cai obviously had something to gain, and left in a hurry after bidding farewell to Xu Jin, probably going back to revise the "Book of Discussion and Capture Ning".
On the evening of the same day, Fei Cai left the county seat of Leadshan with more than a dozen slaves from the south gate, and rode straight to Ganzhou, hundreds of kilometers away, carrying the revised counterinsurgency plan in his arms, but the name had been changed to "The Book of Discussion and Capture of Ning".