On October 20, the fourth year of Jiajing, Zuoyun County, Datong Prefecture, Shanxi, at noon, the fierce northwest wind swept up the yellow sand in the sky. After a while, the snow fell one after another, and the wind became stronger, and a lone goose swept across the sky in a hurry under the fierce wind and snow, leaving behind a series of faint wails.

Xu Jin was standing at the head of Zuoyun City at this moment, facing the wind, sand and flying snow in the sky, only to feel that he was standing on the edge of the end of the world, so he felt the vastness and majesty of the power of nature, in front of her, everything was as small as ants.

In this situation, Xu Jin finally realized what it means to "thousands of miles of yellow clouds and dusk, and the north wind blows geese and snow".

The north wind, the more it blows, the more it blows, the angry snow, the bigger and bigger, in just a few tens of seconds, Xu Jin almost turned into a snowman, although the whole body was wrapped in a fur suit and was impermeable, but the cold still penetrated the body.

"Dashuai, the wind and snow are too big, let's go down to the city." The captain of the pro-soldier Zhao Datou leaned over to Xu Jin and shouted loudly.

Zhao Datou was so cold that his nose was red, and when he opened his mouth, the northwest wind poured into his mouth, making a whining sound when the wind passed through the cave, Xu Jin couldn't hear what this thing was roaring at all, fortunately, when this thing roared, he also gestured and pointed hard to the city.

Xu Jin nodded, turned around and went down the city, Zhao Datou and other soldiers couldn't help but feel relieved, and hurriedly followed to stay in the city, the wind and snow here are heavy, and the birds can be frozen for you, if it weren't for the duty, the ghost would be willing to eat the northwest wind here.

Of course, in the eyes of a group of pro-soldiers, such a wise and wise person as Dashuai came to the city at this time, naturally not to eat the northwest wind, but probably to find inspiration and figure out how to take the right jade city next.

It is said that Xu Jin personally led an army of 100,000 to pursue me on the eighth day of the first month of October, chasing and stopping along the way, and finally entered the territory of Datong Mansion in Shanxi on October 15. At this time, I received the news that I was welcomed into Youyu City by Li Fuda, so Xu Jin directly led the army into the nearby Zuoyun City, and stayed for five days, during which there was no action, and the soldiers under his command were a little confused, and they didn't understand what medicine was sold in Xu Jin's gourd.

Besides, Xu Jin got off the city, and returned to the temporary governor's yamen in the city under the escort of a group of personal soldiers. ”

Xu Jin knew their intentions as soon as he saw the constipated expressions of the generals, and smiled and quipped, "How?" You are so together, do you want to invite Ben Shuai to eat antique soup? Now it's freezing cold, and it's not bad to eat antique soup. ”

Xu Jin is now in a high position, the key is that he still has great achievements in battle, and he has not tasted defeat, so his prestige in the Ming army is like the sky, like the existence of the god of war, and all the generals are in awe of him, so although Xu Jin has not moved for days, the generals dare not ask, but only guess the intentions of the marshal in private.

Today is already the fifth day, and the generals still can't bear it after all, so they ask Wang Lin'er to take the lead and come to inquire about Xu Jin's tone.

When the generals saw Xu Jin smiling and teasing everyone, they all felt the pressure relaxed, like a spring breeze.

Yu Linsheng is Xu Jin's old subordinate, and he is more comfortable in front of Xu Jin, and he said with a smile: "Dashuai, you are the boss, and you have a lot of money, if you want to invite you to eat, everyone is right?" ”

All the generals smiled and agreed: "Exactly, it should be so!" ”

"It turns out that you really came to knock on Ben Shuai's bamboo pole today, okay, there is a building in the city that seems to be good, let's go, Ben Shuai has a treat." Xu Jin said generously.

The generals couldn't help but look at each other, they originally wanted to explore Xu Jin's mouth, but they didn't think that Dashuai would invite him to eat hot pot, but it is not bad to be able to rub Dashuai into a hot pot, and it will be blown when he mentions it with his subordinates in the future.

As a result, the generals swarmed Xu Jin out of the governor's yamen, braved the wind and snow to eat antique soup in the outer building of Zuoyun City.

The shopkeeper of the outer building suddenly saw a group of military masters come in, and couldn't help but be startled, and when he knew that it was the governor Xu Jin who invited him, he didn't dare to slack off, and immediately opened the best room, the best ingredients, and personally ran before and after, and the service was called a thoughtful.

Now that the weather is cold, Xu Jin is not conformist, and allows the generals to drink, but he can only drink for five points. The generals couldn't help but be overjoyed, they all forgot their original intentions, drank wine, ate meat and guessed boxing, they were very happy, Xu Jin didn't stand up, and mingled with the generals, and the atmosphere was harmonious and warm.

After about an hour, everyone was full of wine and food, and Xu Jin was also slightly drunk, but his eyes were bright.

Huang Qi, the commander of Henan Guide Dewei, asked with a little wine: "Dashuai, our army has been stationed in Zuoyun City for five days, and now the Tartars and the White Lotus thief Li Fuda are in cahoots, and the snakes and rats are nesting in the Right Jade City, when will the Dashuai send troops to recover the Right Jade City?" The brothers couldn't wait. ”

Xu Jin asked rhetorically, "Does Commander Huang have a good plan?" ”

Huang Qi's face was hot, and he said curtly: "Although I have been hit hard this time, there are more than 50,000 cavalry under his command, and now Li Fuda has taken refuge in him again, it is like a tiger with wings, I am afraid it will not be easy to recover the right jade city, the last general is stupid, but he has not come up with a good way, but the handsome man is extremely resourceful, and he uses soldiers like a god, so he must have a clever plan!" ”

Xu Jin glanced at all the generals present, and said quietly: "I am brainstorming, if you have suggestions, whether good or bad, you can speak freely." ”

As the saying goes, if a soldier bears, there will be a nest of bears. Indeed, as a commander-in-chief, it is indeed a banner and an example for his subordinates to learn, but a commander who is too strong is not necessarily a good thing, when the commander becomes an authority that cannot be questioned and is not allowed to be questioned, then his soldiers will only become a weapon that cannot think, even if this weapon is sharp, it is only a dead thing, once the commander as a brain makes a decision-making mistake, the consequences will be catastrophic.

Xu Jin has now discovered this kind of sign, as his prestige grows more and more prominent, and his achievements become more and more prominent, the generals under his command have become a little submissive in front of him, including Wang Lin'er, who is not as open as before.

Xu Jin didn't want to cultivate a group of puppet generals who could only obey orders and not think independently, so he took the initiative to invite the generals to eat hot pot, shorten the distance between each other, and guide everyone to speak freely.

"Marshal, all the Tartars are born knights, the war horses are also better than ours, the combat power is above our army, if it is a frontal battle, we are afraid that we are not opponents, if you want to win the right jade city, it is best to mobilize the border troops of Xuanfu and Yulin, and concentrate the absolute superiority of the forces to gather and annihilate it!" Shaoxing Wei commander Feng Guoqing proposed.

Feng Guoqing opened his mouth, and other generals also said their suggestions, although there was no eye-catching plan, but this atmosphere of heated discussion made Xu Jin very satisfied.

Xu Jin glanced at his brother-in-law Xie Sangun, who was still talking, and encouraged: "What are the good suggestions for Sangun?" ”

The eyes of all the generals suddenly looked at Xie Sangun, although the latter did not have a military position, but he was strong in martial arts, and he was brave in battle, not afraid of hardship or tiredness, and even the scout was a very dangerous type of soldier who could do it, and he was a real skill, so everyone didn't regard him as a relationship with his brother-in-law.

Xie Sangun's eyes rolled, and he said slyly: "In my opinion, we don't have to fight, and the Right Jade City can be taken down." ”

The generals were all stunned, you can take the right jade city without fighting, are you dreaming? Sure enough, he is hairless and can't do things firmly, and he dares to say this kind of big talk!

Xu Jin asked with interest: "Why?" ”

Xie Sangun said with a smile: "I answered that this time I led an army of 100,000 to the south, although I broke the outer city of my Ming capital, but I also lost my troops, and the 100,000 iron horsemen were cucumbers and dogs - half of them were gone." The situation inside Tatar is not the same as ours, and it is common for tribes to attack and annex each other.

I replied that I annexed the Ordos Department not long ago, and it is not an overnight thing to completely subdue the many small tribes under the Ordos Department, and now I have lost troops and lost a lot of strength, and it is estimated that there will be no less anti-him, and it is not excluded that other Tatar households will not take the opportunity to snatch his territory.

Therefore, I will never dare to stay in the right jade city for too long, it is estimated that now the turtle is also waiting for us to attack the city in the right jade city, he is good to avenge the enemy, if we do not move, I will have nothing to do, and in the end I can only withdraw from the fortress in disgrace! ”

The generals couldn't help but glance at each other when they heard this, and they had to say that Xie Sangun's analysis of this kid was quite reasonable.

Coincidentally, at this time, a messenger ran up the stairs and came to the room to report: "Report to the marshal, I just received the news from the scout, I replied that before dawn today, I led the army to withdraw from the tiger's mouth, and the white lotus thief Li Fuda also left with him, and now Youyu City is an empty city!" ”

The generals couldn't help but be in an uproar, and they all praised Xie Sangun, this kid is a bit of a doorway, but Wang Lin'er glanced at Xu Jin with admiration on his face.

Xu Jin said approvingly: "Three shots, you actually made you say it, but it is not in vain that the prince taught you for two years." ”

Xie Sangun scratched the back of his head embarrassedly, and said with a smile: "The big handsome has won the award, in fact, the big handsome has already thought of this layer." ”

The generals suddenly woke up to the fact that the marshal had been standing still for the past five days, and he had long expected that he would not be able to sit still and take the initiative to evacuate!

Xu Jin smiled and said: "Ben Shuai is not a god, how can he think of anything, but I can escape from the outside of the fortress, our soldiers will take back the right jade city and kill Hukou without blood, and send the order to go down, and immediately send troops to the right jade city after the snow stops." ”

The generals agreed with a bang and retreated one after another to prepare.

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