Chapter 698: Fighting Huguang is Fighting Shaanxi!

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Genghis Khan and his sons Jochi, Torrey and Guo Jing discussed attacking the capital of the Jin Kingdom, and asked Guo Jing, who replied: "Don't attack the Liang." ”…… Genghis Khan still smiled and asked, "What if you don't attack the beam?" Guo Jing said: "Neither attacking nor not attacking; It is to attack without attacking, attacking without attacking. ”…… Genghis Khan laughed: "'Attack without attacking, attack without attacking.'" These eight words are very well said, you can explain them to the two brothers. ”

Guo Jing said: "I guess that the Great Khan's strategy of using troops is to feint to attack Jindu and annihilate the enemy's city. Daliang is the place where the emperor of the Jin State lives, but there are not many troops in the garrison, and when he saw that our division was approaching, the Jin State should urgently transfer elite troops from Tongguan to return to the division to rescue. The Chinese art of war says: "Roll the armor and tend, day and night, double the road, and fight for profit for a hundred miles, then capture three generals." The strong first, the tired last, and the eleventh of its law comes. 'A hundred miles are rushing, and the soldiers can only reach a tenth of it. And Tongguan to Daliang, thousands of miles to help, elite soldiers, ten stops to not stop, plus people and horses are tired, although to and Fu can fight. Our army will be able to break the gold soldiers if they are ready to work. The elite of the Jin Kingdom was defeated in this battle, and the beam was not attacked. If you attack the girder, you will be eager and difficult to pull out, and you will be vulnerable to the enemy. “

This is the relevant plot in the chapter "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". Don't underestimate this short description of a few hundred words, which covers the essence of many tactical and strategic ideas, such as "attacking the enemy must be saved", "encircling the point to send reinforcements", "luring the enemy in a strong fortress to the field and annihilating him in the movement", "attacking the east and attacking the west", "exhausting the enemy", and so on.

Today, Gu Junen's plan for Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, Lao Huihui, Ge Liyan and others is not much different from the plan planned by Guo Jing for Temujin.

"The student's method is not worth a penny to say, it is nothing more than drawing a gourd according to the strategy of the predecessors! However, if it is done well. Not only are the four prefectures of De'an, Chengtian, Jingzhou, and Xiangyang all in the hands of the righteous army, but they are also the hometown of the generalissimo, the generalissimo, the marshal, and the general, and the hometown of the general, Qinchuan, which is also in the pocket of our righteous army! Sun Chuanting's old son, if he does not die under the knife of my righteous army, he will also die in the prison prison! ”

When he made such a talk, the emotions of the Shaanxi Township Party present were as hot as coals. was able to kill two birds with one stone, not only killed Zuo Liangyu and Sun Chuanting, two old rivals and fierce rivals, but also got the granary of De'an Sifu in Huguang, the land of Sangzi, the hometown of Shaanxi. It's exciting and joyful to think about! However, such a limelight made the two big-mouthed cannon bulls Jin Xing and Song Xiance who broke into the camp quite tasteful.

"Mr. Gu, let's not play with your tongue first, if you have any tricks, just take them out." The dwarf Song Xiance looked at him with jealousy. This person is much better than himself in terms of strategy, and this is not a good thing for them.

"The student is reckless in his tongue, how dare he make an axe and laugh generously in front of Song Junshi?" Gu Junen, like Li Yan, is a person who has received a formal traditional education, and in the eyes of the generals at all levels in the camp Cao Ying, they are all humble gentlemen who are as gentle as jade, but. Not necessarily, cultural people don't scold. People like Gu Junen are even more cunning when they turn around and scold people.

This is tantamount to exposing Song Xiance's old bottom in front of everyone. You're just a charlatan, what kind of grandson are you pretending to be in front of me!

"Mr. Gu, let's talk about your tricks first! Our hearts itch a lot! Li Zicheng's righteous son, Li Shuangxi, who is now in charge of the old camp and pro-army, looks itchy and unbearable.

"That's it! Mr. Gu, you just talked about the benefits of fighting Huguang and the difficulties of beating Tongguan. That. Do you want to tell us how to take down Tongguan and open the way back to the pass? ”

The nickname of He Yilong is related to one of his physical characteristics. According to Mr. Gu Cheng's research, the so-called "Geli" comes from the northern Shaanxi dialect for a small beast, which is born short-sighted. And He Yilong is also short-sighted. Therefore, his name is Grimeye, which is the same as the nickname of the one-eyed dragon and the blind bear.

However, although the nickname is quite a bit of self-ridicule, but Ge Liyan is not the kind of rat-eyed person, he is very keen to find that Gu Junen's strategy is not only feasible, but also very operable, once successful, then, the peasant army is bound to sweep at least half of the Ming Dynasty!

"Hah! Lao He was a little anxious. It seems that after wearing glasses, your temper has become irritable! Cao Cao blinked his small eyes and deliberately pointed to the pair of tortoiseshell-framed glasses on the bridge of He Yilong's nose.

"Hey! Lao Cao, don't say it, the pair of glasses that this Nanban merchant sold to our Lao Tzu is really good, with clairvoyance, we can see the birds and mosquitoes within a few miles! It's just that the straight lady thief is too expensive! I asked for two thousand silver dollars! ”

"Are your good eyes worth only two thousand silver dollars?"

The jokes and jokes of several people made the atmosphere in the room a lot more lively. Li Zicheng watched these guys joking and teasing each other there, but in his heart, he was like a huge sea in his heart.

Since the Battle of Kaifeng, he has been dissatisfied with Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance, two guys who can only play with their mouths, but they are buried deep in his heart, and on the surface, he still respects the two. One of these two people can only play with the Fengjiao Ren Six Qimen Dunjia, and the greatest credit is to offer a proverb about the main artifact of an eighteen children. The other one doesn't even have this contribution, only one is famous. Li Yan, who is also famous for his achievements, is several times stronger than Niu Jinxing in terms of popularity, reputation, and ability.

In the past six months, Li Yan's brother Li Yan and Tian Jianxiu led the students of the Qin Law School presided over by Wu Xing to build up Tuntian in eastern Henan, Henan Mansion, Runing Mansion, Nanyang Mansion and other places, and selected officials to do a good job. Not to mention anything else, this season's summer grain alone can supply the whole army for two years. What's more, there is still autumn grain?!

The Gu Junen in front of him is also a powerful character, since he was thrown into the camp, he has offered several strategies, compared to Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance, but he is much more down-to-earth, in the words we are familiar with, it is very operable.

Relying on the convenience of the Yellow River water conservancy and transportation, a large number of goods and people have been transferred out, and a large number of weapons, armor and gunpowder have been transported back. The foot soldiers were also equipped with cotton armor, and they were equipped with swords and spears made of fine iron. Needless to say, the old battalion and the elite cavalry and horsemen.

As for the hungry people, they were placed in various prefectures and counties controlled by the peasant army according to the standard of 10,000 in the large county, 5,000 in the middle county, and 3,000 in the small county, and they were given rations, seeds, and farm tools to be reclaimed and cultivated on the abandoned land. The harvest was divided in half. If there are soldiers who dare to disturb and destroy crops and seedlings, they can be tied up and sent to the county town to be punished!

In this way, the millions of displaced and hungry people who accompanied the actions of the two families immediately became farmers in the Central Plains. Pick up the plough stick and hoe again and plough the land. It not only provided food and grass for the camp and Cao Ying, but also provided a stable rear. It was even more surprising to the discovery that with this approach, the soldiers and horses moved much faster, and there was no need to place the injured soldiers. The soldiers are not good enough to replenish and are worried.

In this moment of Li Zicheng's contemplation, Gu Junen continued to analyze for everyone in the eyes of Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance full of jealousy and flames: "In terms of the strength of the two places, it is easier to fight Huguang than Shaanxi. At this time, the 'thief general' Zuo Liangyu stationed in Xiangyang had been chilled by our righteous army in the first battle of Zhuxian Town."

He deliberately hid the flat character of Zuo Liangyu's "Ping Thief General", and the Ping Thief General became a thief general, causing everyone present to laugh.

"Actually, Zuo Liangyu doesn't need a few handsomes to come forward. Even the best of the second-generation generals of my camp and Cao Ying can already deal with it. Let alone. The attack on the four mansions of Jingxiang was also to mobilize Sun Chuanting out of Tongguan! ”

"Mr. Gu is right! Last time. Our old Hao and Yuan Zongdi's eldest brother chased and killed all the way from Nanyang under the banner of Xiaohuzi and Wang Long, and Zuo Liangyu didn't dare to stop and resist at all! If it weren't for the fear that the lone army would be found by Zuo Liangyu in depth, our Lao Hao would at least have to kill to the edge of Hanshui! Occupy Fancheng! ”

Hao Shaoqi was still regretting that he failed to eliminate Zuo Liangyu's subordinates in one fell swoop in the spring, "Okay, General Hao!" You chased and killed Zuo Liangyu for hundreds of miles under the banner of two little guys who scared Zuo Liangyu, seized horses, money, and grain, and even sheltered tens of thousands of defeated soldiers. You still have to dislike Zuo Liangyu and dare not fight with you, if he knows that it is you and Yuan Jiangye who are chasing after him, he is afraid that he will be able to escape from Xiangyang to Wuchang in one go! ”

Gu Junen put a high hat on Hao Shaoqi and Yuan Zongdi without a trace, which made Hao Shaoqi grin non-stop.

The two generals, Luo Hu and Wang Long, broke Zuo Liangyu's bones, and Hao Jiangye and Yuan Jiangye drew Zuo Liangyu's tendons again. Peeled off his skin, and now Zuo Liangyu is only left with a pair of skins, and his bones are broken! Although he fled all the way back to Xiangyang from Kaifeng, he strengthened Latin strength in various parts of Xiangyang, recruited rebels, and collected regimental exercises, clans, and poles from all over the country to enrich his strength. At present, he claims to have 300,000 people, but his soldiers are paid according to the imperial court, but there are only more than 20,000 people, how can he afford to raise many soldiers and horses under his command? They all searched and looted from the local people, and every time they searched for bones and sucked the marrow, the people hated them to the bone! Such people are more than enough to disturb the people, but not enough to go into battle! ”

He shouted categorically: "If our righteous army takes the Dragon and Tiger Battalion as the vanguard of that day and takes Xiangyang directly, the soldiers on the left will be frightened, and no one dares to go against the front, and Xiangyang will definitely go down with a drum!" ”

This analysis is reasonable, logical, and to the point, unlike Song Xiance's nonsense, which suddenly made Li Zicheng and the following people have excited expressions on their faces, and they keep nodding their heads.

Gu Junen observed his words, secretly proud in his heart, his face was still silent, and he said loudly: "Therefore, it is a good opportunity to seize Huguang at this time. Moreover, it is a godsend to create a false impression that the imperial court will think that our army is going south to capture Huguang. With the huge results of our army being defeated by the Ming army, we will induce the Ming army to go out of Tongguan and copy the back road of our army! This is the so-called lure of profit! ”

"Therefore, our righteous army can make a big noise, on the one hand, intimidate the rabble of Zuo Liangyu's subordinates, so that they dare not compete with our army, on the other hand, the generalissimo and the general, and several marshals can select the elite, and ambush in the area of Lushan, Baofeng, and Lingbao to wait for Sun Chuanting's old man to make a name for himself in history, under the strict coercion of Chongzhen Xiaoer, he half-pushed out of the iron-clad Tongguan, and went to the hilly wilderness, his subordinates Niu Chenghu, Zheng Jiadong, Gao Jie and other troops and the tens of thousands of new troops he painstakingly recruited and trained are in the pocket of our righteous army! ”

Ji Jue, the leader of the scribes under Cao Cao, bowed his hand to Gu Junen at Cao Cao's suggestion, "Mr.'s words, Ling Ji Mou's mouth was suddenly opened." But there is one thing that I don't know, so please explain it on my behalf. ”

"Brother Ziyu doesn't have to be too humble. Please tell me something. Gu must know everything, and his words are endless. ”

"Just now, you said that Chongzhen Xiao'er would force Sun Chuanting to go out of Tongguan and copy the flank of our army, where did this come from?"

"It's so simple! Two words: threat! Gu Junen's expression was calm. He turned his head and saluted Wu Xing, who had been in the crowd thoughtfully, "Mr. Wu, in your opinion, if the De'an Four Mansions fall into the hands of my righteous army. How much money can I get each year? ”

Wu Xing's position in the peasant army at this time was quite peculiar. He doesn't belong to Gu Junen, Ji Jue and others like him, and he has clear boundaries between them. He is a common teacher of the two families, and even a bit like a guest who comes to help. His duty was to train the grassroots officials of the peasant army and teach them the day-to-day administrative affairs.

With the outstanding achievements of the former middle- and lower-ranking officers of the peasant army who were sent to various places to serve as state and county officials and town mayors, Wu Xing's status also rumbled upward, and became more and more important in the eyes of the Chuang and Cao families.

Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai both treated each other with the courtesy of a guest teacher. Both families coincidentally sent the most capable soldiers to act as Wu Xing's guards, and ensured Wu Xing's daily diet and daily life with the highest specifications.

"Donkey balls! You have remembered it for our Lao Cao, no matter what it is, as long as it is what Mr. Wu wants. It's my Lao Cao's house, you can also carry Mr. Wu over quickly! In front of Wu Xing, Luo Rucai explained such words to the old camp secretary with a tiger face, and in the busy singing of the old camp secretary, Wu Xing made a big red face.

However, he only cares about teaching and educating people, and has never had the energy to fight for power and profit like other literati, and Niu Jinxing and others don't care about him. However, the brothers Tian Jianxiu and Li Yan came quite close because of the construction of state and county power. Seeing that Gu Junen asked about himself, Wu Xing hurriedly got up and responded.

"Jingzhou, Xiangyang, Chengtian, De'an and other places. There are dozens of prefectures and counties under its jurisdiction, and it has always been a city of fish and rice. There is also Jianghan Water Conservancy, if all of them are in the hands of the righteous army, there should be no less than millions of stone grain and rice income every year! Wu Xing was very cautious in his mind, searching for the amount of money and grain that the above four prefectures should hand over to the imperial court every year, and the amount of grain exported to the outside world.

Every year, there are millions of stone grains and rice collected from money and grain alone?! That's enough to feed hundreds of thousands of horses right now! What's more, there are also several prefectures in Henan that provide food and salaries for the righteous army in the hands of the righteous army. Seemingly. As long as you go south and take this De'an Sifu in your hands, you will have a lot to do!

In the midst of the buzzing discussions of the commanders of the various battalions of the righteous army, Gu Junen struck with both palms, and there was a soft "snap", which focused everyone's attention on himself. After enjoying this much-anticipated pride a little, he asked and answered with Wu Xing again.

"Mr. Wu, we know the importance of Jingzhou, Chengtian, Xiangyang, De'an and other places, do you say, do the Chongzhen children in Beijing know about it?"

"Of course he knows this! He didn't know, and his ministers had to tell him! Since ancient times, to guard the south of the Yangtze River, we must first guard the land of Jingxiang upstream. At that time, the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed by the Mongols because of the loss of the land of Xiangyang. What's more, there are famines everywhere at the moment, and there are not many grain-producing areas left directly under the hands of the imperial court. If Chengtian, De'an and other places fall into the hands of our army, hehe! Chongzhen Xiao'er is afraid that he won't be able to sleep in the capital! ”

"King Chuang, general, marshal, this is one of the reasons why Chongzhen said that Chongzhen forced Sun Chuanting to go out of the customs and attack the flank of our army."

"Oh? Is there any other reason? Li Zicheng's eyes flashed, and he had already begun to outline in his mind the strategy for the Battle of De'an Sifu, the Battle of Western Henan, and the Battle of Tongguan, which men and horses to send, and who to order to fight where.

"King Chuang, naturally!" A hideous look appeared on Gu Junen's face, "It's just that this matter is against King Chuang's benevolence and righteousness, and the student is arrogant, please don't care about King Chuang." ”

"The origin of Chengtianfu is that the imperial court placed Chengtianfu in Luzhou in the tenth year of Jiajing, governed Zhongxiang County, and belonged to the political department of Huguangbu. It has jurisdiction over five counties of Zhongxiang, Jingshan, Jingling, Qianjiang and Dangyang, as well as two prefectures of Jingmen and Chuyang. Eighteen years of Jianxing stayed here. ”

"Tracing back to the source, it is because on June 17 of the 14th year of Zhengde, Zhu Youqi, the fourth son of Zhu Jianshen of Ming Xianzong, passed away. Zhu Houxi, Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, selected an auspicious place in Songlin Mountain, established a cemetery according to the prince's regulations, and was buried on the third day of the fourth month of the following year; In March of the sixteenth year of Zhengde, Zhu Houxi was welcomed to Beijing to succeed the unification of the Ming dynasty. After Zhu Houxi became the emperor, he established his own heir system, regardless of the opposition of the courtiers, and posthumously honored his biological father Zhu Youqi as the emperor; In June of the same year, Zhu Youqi was honored as the 'Emperor Xingxian'. In March of the third year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, he was honored as 'offering to the emperor', and in July, the emperor was dedicated to the east room of the Fengxian Palace, and the honorific number was 'Emperor Kao Gongmu Xian'. ”

"From the fourteenth year of Zhengde began to build the prince's cemetery, and experienced many changes in the middle, the Jiajing Emperor's father's cemetery continued to be built and expanded, until the forty-fifth year of Jiajing lasted forty-seven years to be built, it is the father of the Jiajing Emperor Gong Ruixian Emperor Zhu Youqing, and the mother Zhang Shenghuang Empress Dowager The joint burial tomb."

"Think about it, if our righteous army goes straight to Chengtian and threatens Chongzhen's ancestral grave, will this Zhu Youzhen go to the ancestral temple to cry again?"

Gu Junen's expression was quite playful.

"Damn! They instructed Bian Dashou to destroy the ancestral tomb of our generalissimo in Mizhi, so we went to Chengtian and dug up his ancestral grave of Zhu Youzhen! ”

Several generals who broke into the camp jumped up and waved their arms, excited. (To be continued......)