The breeze and drizzle are cool and comfortable, Chang Yu in Nanjing is busy dispatching troops, hundreds of miles away in Chaohu Lake in the territory of the Ming army is also fanfare, just two or three days, Chaohu, Hanshan, and counties close to the Yangtze River and other states and counties close to the Yangtze River know that they have heard that the imperial court sent 200,000 troops to prepare to cross the river to suppress bandits, and now they are stationed on the other side of the Yangtze River in Wuhu, and they can cross the river at any time to recover Wuhu.

The 200,000 army does not know whether it is true or not, but a large number of officers and soldiers are indeed stationed in Dongguan Town, Chaohu Linjiang, and the whole government of Luzhou is mobilizing boatmen to collect grain and grass.

Zhang Liang, Governor of Anlu, Lu Zhenfei, and Governor of Fengyang Mansion, both of whom are loyal to the monarch and people who do practical things, mobilized the whole government to assist in the reinforcements to prepare for the battle against the thief army in just two days, from preparing grain and grass to calling the boats of fishermen along the river, it can be said that they are doing their best to do a good job in logistics.

The speed and complete preparations surprised Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, and Liu Liangzuo, and the generals, in their impression, there were few local yamen who cooperated so hard, but soon the three of them figured out the key, which was the credit of the little eunuch.

The name of the person, the shadow of the tree, the little eunuch is strict in military discipline and can fight well at this time, he has already been famous in the north and south of the river, and everywhere he goes, the local yamen are all trembling, and they dare to drag it out when they are courteous, and they dare to drag it out, and they are both people who do practical things, and they do their best.

People always have the psychology of comparison, the local yamen so cooperative, if they eat another defeat, it can only be said that they are useless, and they can't find any excuse to let others take the blame, Gao Jie and the three of them are unwilling to be the queen, and at this time the three of them need a big victory to make a name for themselves, so they are particularly concerned about this battle of crossing the river, and almost all of them lead their troops to observe and do the river crossing plan on the riverside from early morning and dusk.

The officers and men made such a loud presence that they also attracted the attention of the bandit army on the other side, and from the next morning, they could be seen from time to time snooping on the other side, sometimes dozens of people, sometimes hundreds, from morning to night, and by the afternoon of the second day, they had already begun to build fortifications along the river according to local conditions.

"Kill the past directly or secretly Chen Cang?" In the drizzle on the riverside, Gao Jie was dressed in a lily coat and raised his eyebrows.

"We are all cavalry not good at water warfare, the thief army should set up obstacles on the opposite bank and suppress it with bows and arrows, if the loss of a strong attack is definitely not small, a strong attack is not a good way, but if you want to secretly Chen Cang, how can the thief army not be guarded, I am afraid that it is not so easy to secretly cross the past" Liu Zeqing looked solemn, turned his head to look at Liu Liangzuo: "Huama Liu, you have the most experience in fighting with thieves here for several years, and tell me what is a good way?" ”

Liu Liangzuo had just come back from Luzhou early in the morning because he was afraid of being plundered by the two, but there was no best way at the moment, so he shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Although I have been fighting with the thief army for several years, I have never fought in a water battle and have not forcibly crossed the river, but I agree with what Brother Liu said, a frontal attack will be a heavy setback, so why not feign a hard attack to attract the attention of the thief army, and send troops and horses to secretly Chen Cang to catch the thief army off guard?" ”

Liu Zeqing stroked his palm: "It is worthy of being a flower horse Liu, a good strategy."

Gao Jie pursed his lips and snorted: "This method is not new, the question is, who are we going to attack head-on?" ”

This question is to the bone, the frontal assault must be a heavy blow, and it may not be the biggest when it comes to merit, simply put, it is the most thankless, and the three of them are all good people, of course, they don't want to do this kind of thing themselves.

The three of you look at me, I look at you, and there is nothing to say for a while.

"The little overseer has always looked down on the civil officials, but what Zhang Liang and Lu Zhenfei have done in the past two days is impeccable, take a look at us again...... Hehe, if the fighter plane is delayed or the war is lost, let's not talk about how the little overseer will clean us up, that is, those civil officials can scold our backbones and can't raise their heads, we are slapping ourselves in the face" Gao Jie's mood is very different now, in previous years, he could fight hard, but if he couldn't fight, he couldn't mess around, but now he can't, he has to work hard under the command of the little eunuch, and he can't be looked down on by this brother to make himself more valuable, this is what his daughter-in-law told him before he came, and his own brain is not very bright, But I believe that the words of my wife, Mrs. Xing, will never be wrong.

Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo didn't have this thought, "We all know the situation in our hearts now, and the court is not a day or two when we are not happy, in previous years, we were unable to rectify us, and now if it is not for the time to employ people, I am afraid that the little governor will take the initiative as soon as possible, fortunately, the little governor is also particular about people to let us break the wealth and eliminate the disaster, but it is obviously not possible to eliminate the disaster, we are also proud of our self-preservation, this time the soldiers and horses go south is not only our brothers and sisters are here to make merit, if this first game is not good, I am afraid that we will not even be able to drink a sip of soup later" Liu Zeqing said for a moment and looked at the two of them and smiled coldly: "No one wants to suffer, but this battle can't be left unfought, how about we draw lots for the sake of fairness?" ”

Huama Liu and Gao Jie glanced at each other, and then nodded: "Just follow Brother Liu, let's draw lots."

"Okay" Liu Zeqing turned over and dismounted, grabbed a few sticks of grass and tinkered with it behind his back: "Two long and one short, draw the short one, and the frontal hard attack."

Gao Jie and Hua Ma Liu nodded in response.

"Who will come first" Liu Zeqing asked, as soon as the words fell, an urgent report came from a distance, which made the three of them frown slightly, only to see a fast horse galloping to the front of him, but the whole body of the fan of the East Factory was already soaked: "Three generals, the Governor has a secret order."

The three of them listened attentively and frowned, and Liu Zeqing asked Huama Liu: "Where are Zhang Liang and Lu Zhenfei at this time?" ”

"Before I came, the two of them wanted to go here, and I heard that they seemed to be going to Chaohu Yamen, maybe they were in Chaohu City at this time," Liu Liangzuo said.

"This matter should be discussed with the two of them" Liu Zeqing invited a personal attendant while speaking: "Quickly send someone to Chaohu to ask Zhang, the two governors of the road to the barracks, saying that there is an urgent matter to discuss."

The relatives were in a hurry, Liu Zeqing looked back at the river and smiled slightly bitterly, raised his hand and raised the grass stalk in his hand and flew out with the wind: "Now none of us have to fight, and no one has to let go."

"That's not necessarily," Liu Liangzuo smiled: "You have to be pretty."

The three of them stayed on the riverside for a long time, and explained that their subordinates kept an eye on the movements of the bandit army on the other side and inspected the boats on the river to prevent them from infiltrating into this side before returning to the Ma barracks, and the riverside was more than 20 miles away from the Dongguan Town barracks, and they got the news when they were near, Lu Zhenfei and Zhang Liang were already waiting in the barracks, and the people who reported the news met two people halfway when they went to Chaohu, and they heard that there was a military affairs and hurriedly came to the barracks.

After greeting each other, Gao Jie went straight to the point: "Lord Governor ordered, pretending to cross the river, but in fact, Chen Cang secretly sent troops to recover Anqing and cut off the retreat of the thief army!" Zhang Liang frowned, wanted to say something, but held back, and looked at Lu Zhenfei.

"Governor Zhang has everything to say," Lu Zhenfei said softly.

"Yes, just say whatever you want" Gao Jie also shouted, Zhang Liang cleared his throat and said with a little worry: "Anqing has thick walls, easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if the city is besieged by heavy troops, it cannot be broken in a few days, and the strong attack is afraid that the thieves will burn the jade and stone to the people in the city."

"How can there be immortals in a war, I'm afraid of this, I'm afraid of that, I'm going to fight a p" Gao Jie looked disdainful, and the civil official Zhen Nima was hypocritical: "Are we afraid that the thieves will harm the people in the city, so we won't fight?" It's ridiculous".

Zhang Liang blushed, and Lu Zhenfei hurriedly played a round for him: "Governor Zhang is not just this, I'm afraid there are other worries, General Manager Gao first calmed down and listened to Governor Zhang's words." Gao Jie snorted and stopped talking.

"This official thinks that Anqing has the thief leader in the town, and it is by no means easy to defeat, if the other parts of the thief army hear the news, it is easy to trap us and others, or they will work harder to capture other states and counties, and come to encircle Wei to save Zhao, so I am afraid that Anqing will not be captured, and other states and counties will be in a predicament......."

"Damn, I really can't listen to it, no wonder Anqing Mansion City was lost in half a day" Gao Jie muttered and scolded, although his voice was low, he was still heard by Zhang Liang, and immediately blew his beard angrily and glared: "This official is ......"

"Okay, okay, Governor Zhang, don't be annoyed......" Liu Liangzuo and Lu Zhenfei hurriedly got up to persuade each other, but Liu Zeqing and Gao Jie looked at each other with a mocking smile.

Zhang Liang is a civil official, he really doesn't know how to fight, and he has almost never fought a war, so he provoked ridicule as soon as he opened his mouth.

"If you don't look down on your own officials, then listen to the high opinions of a few generals" Zhang Liang is also a little self-aware, and secondly, he really doesn't dare to tear his face with Gao Jie and a few people, after all, several people are bigwigs in the army and have a bad reputation, so they can't afford to offend, so they hold back their anger for the time being.

Liu Zeqing got up and arched his hand: "Mr. Gao is a soldier who speaks straightly, Governor Zhang don't go to his heart, we are not right about things, I will think that this trick of the Lord Governor actually has its subtlety, Governor Zhang just said that he was worried that the thief army would encircle Wei to save Zhao, and the Lord Governor's move was not just to encircle Wei to save Zhao."

Zhang Liang was stunned, and Liu Zeqing continued: "The vanguard of the thief army is only thousands, and there are tens of thousands of displaced people. But if the main force from the rear arrives, perhaps we will have to retreat one after another, either to the west bank or to Nanjing, and then hundreds of thousands of thieves will besiege Nanjing, which is not a situation that the Lord Overseer wants to see."

"To put it bluntly, the Lord Overseer doesn't want the other party to lead the way, he wants to take the initiative in his own hands, the so-called snake fight seven inches, the seven inches of this thief army are in Anqing Mansion City" Liu Zeqing said with a slight smile and looked at the amplitude of the road: "Governor Lu, what the general said is reasonable."

Lu Zhenfei is different from Zhang Liang, he has rich combat experience and has a set of marching formations, and nodded slightly after listening: "Attack Anqing, and after breaking it, the heart of the road thief army will be chaotic." Regardless of whether they return to the army to rescue or continue to move forward, once the back road is cut off, the army's heart is chaotic, and the thief army has the intention to run Anqing, and it will not be easy to give up, and it is very likely that the return army will be hard to fight with us, in that case, Nanjing's dilemma will be solved immediately, and we can transfer all our troops to Anqing to compete with it."

"So, in the end, Anqing is the main battlefield!" Zhang Liang sighed slightly.

"This is the fastest and most effective way to break the thief," Liu Liangzuo said solemnly.

Zhang Liang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The official who marches and fights is not as good as you, and the strategizing is not as good as the Lord Governor, since you all think that it is feasible, the official has no objection, how do you plan to help the official."

Lu Zhenfei also said: "The three generals should give orders wherever they are used."

"Don't you dare to command" Liu Zeqing arched his hand: "But it does need the help of two adults, and the war is imminent, and there will be two laborers in grain and grass logistics."

Zhang Liang didn't feel anything when he heard this, but Lu Zhenfei was a little unhappy, the little eunuch transferred him from Fengyang Mansion to fight and quell chaos, but he was sent to do logistics, obviously these three people were afraid that they would plunder their merits and deliberately arrange it like this.

He wanted to protest, but at this time, the little eunuch who had no soldiers and no power in his hands was not here, knowing that no matter how noisy he was, he couldn't win the group of these people, and the bad harmony would affect the overall situation, so he had to swallow his anger and respond temporarily.

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