Chapter 100: The Wise Man is the Middle

Gao Yigong was very concerned about the battle under the city of Changsha.

Take any news from the battlefield of Changsha City very seriously. And the news that Changsha City was breached and Longwu self-immolation was under Zhang Xuan's intentional or unintentional indulgence. It soon reached Gao Yigong's ears.

After Gao Yigong listened, he just sighed lightly and didn't say anything more.

He still has some feelings for Longwu, but no matter how much he has feelings, he just sighs slightly in his heart, the reality is so cruel, all he can do is take a glass of water and wine and sprinkle it on the ground, which can be regarded as a tribute to Longwu.

It's just when Gao Yigong got the news here. Plug Yinxi also got the news.

Plug Yinxi didn't sit still. did not escape into the mountains like Wen Anzhiyou, but had been preparing for this day for a long time, and almost that night, he began to transfer people and horses, and took the people and horses of his headquarters to Changde.

Such a big movement can't hide a high achievement.

The people below hurriedly came to see Gao Yigong, explained the situation in detail, and finally said: "My lord, if we are pursuing at this moment, we will definitely be able to take down Plug Yinxi." ”

Gao Yigong shook his head slightly in his heart, blocking Yinxi's actions was not unexpected by Gao Yigong. After all, although the two camps are some distance from each other, they are simply under Gao Yigong's nose, and Gao Yigong doesn't know what to do if he doesn't know what to do, so he is not Gao Yigong.

It can even be said that plugging Yinxi can do this step, because Gao Yigong deliberately released water.

How can Gao Yigong be willing to pursue.

Gao Yigong sighed lightly and said: "No matter what Emperor Longwu says, he also has some kindness to me, I let Yinxi leave today, which can be regarded as repaying Longwu's kindness. ”

The left and right have praised Gao Yigong and his kindness.

didn't know that Gao Yigong naturally had his own plans in his heart.

The trick of raising thieves and self-respect, the generals at all levels of the Ming Army, have already played it superbly, and Gao Yigong naturally wants to give it a try.

This is no longer mentioned, since the fall of Changsha City, Gao Yigong's attitude has softened significantly. The two sides have made progress in the originally deadlocked negotiations, and it can be said that the two sides have almost reached the substantive conditions.

During this period of time, Zhang Xuan was sitting in Changsha City, rectifying the surrender of the army, preparing to cut out part of the surrender army from all directions, and then picking out the elite from the surrender army and filling in Zhang Xuan's old department.

Then send small troops to receive the county towns in various places.

In the first battle of Changsha City, the army of the Ming army in the border of Hunan was empty, and all parts of the country seemed to have reached the point where only one messenger was needed to recruit a county seat.

Luo Dai, who is sitting in the south, is even more impatient

moved, wanted to attack Hengyang, but was suppressed by Zhang Xuan.

For Zhang Xuan, it is the most important thing to recover the Changsha area, including the plain area east and south of Dongting Lake, and connect with Jiangxi.

The influence of the First Battle of Changsha City was not limited to this.

directly affected the battle between Zhang Yingyuan and He Tengjiao in Ji'an, although Zhang Yingyuan dragged He Tengjiao, but he was not sure of winning for a while, but he didn't want Changsha City to fall, and the news of Longwu's death came. The morale of the Ming army collapsed, and Zhang Yingyuan took advantage of the victory to attack and break He Tengjiao.

He Tengjiao could only flee to the city of Ganzhou with the remnants of the defeated army.

Zhang Yingyuan pressed forward step by step and set up a village under the city of Ganzhou. Just fighting here, the war is in a stalemate, and Ganzhou City is known as Ganzhou with iron fighting. It was very difficult to attack, Zhang Yingyuan tried his best, but he was still helpless for a while, so he could only ask Nanjing and Changsha for artillery support.

Nanjing's artillery to be transported to Hunan was first transferred to Jiangxi.

There are still some things in the south, and Zhang Xuan has not yet decided. But there are already signs, the younger brother of Emperor Longwu, that is, the Tang King who sits in Guangzhou, is ready to ascend the throne and become emperor, and the King of Yongming left Hengyang and appeared in Guilin, which has a subtle feeling. It's worth Zhang Xuan's fun.

Therefore, Zhang Xuan is ready to slow down and see how the situation develops, just like Cao Cao dealt with Yuan Shao's son after Yuan Shao's death, he attacked in a hurry, they may unite, but if they slow down, they will meet each other.

Whether the development of the situation can be as Zhang Xuan expected. It's not certain yet, but it doesn't prevent Zhang Xuan from pushing things forward in this direction, but for a while, Zhang Xuan couldn't find anyone to do this thing.

Suddenly hearing that Hu Tang was back, Zhang Xuan was overjoyed and invited Hu Tang over.

Hu Tang first reported the situation to Zhang Xuan and said: "Mrs. Gao promised the general to go to see Gao Yigong, but she had to meet the general first before she was sure whether she would go to Gao Yigong's camp." ”

"That's the way it should be." Zhang Xuan said.

Now I have the feeling of this time and that time, before the high school sat in Xiangxi, left and right. Now Gao Yigong's status has greatly decreased for Zhang Xuan, although he is unwilling to fight with Gao Yigong again, but if Gao Yigong doesn't know how to lift, Zhang Xuan doesn't mind having a fight with Gao Yigong.

Therefore, the things that were very important before have now faded.

Hu Tang said: "Xiaguan also invited General Yuan Zongdi Yuan to see Gao Yigong. I think that the two-pronged approach should be able to convince Gao Yigong. ”

Zhang Xuan nodded and said, "That's just right, but you don't care about this one thing, there is one thing that you need to do." ”

Seeing Zhang Xuan's solemn face, Hu Tang's heart moved, and he suddenly smelled the smell of opportunity, and said, "General, please."

Will. ”

Zhang Xuan talked about the various subtle relationships between Guangzhou and Guilin, and finally said: "My meaning is very simple, that is, we must not let the two merge. ”

Hu Tang listened, pondered for a while, and said with a slight smile: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, since Emperor Shenzong, the Ming courtiers have only compromised with the word 'kill everything' in their eyes. There is no need for a minister, and the minister is sure that it is impossible to compromise between the two. ”

Zhang Xuan frowned slightly, and said: "At the time of life and death, how can there be such a time. ”

Hu Tang secretly said in his heart: "That's because you don't know the virtue of the Ming courtiers, even if you die, you must fight for right and wrong." Although Zhang Xuan still knows a lot about the Ming court, he still has no in-depth understanding of the party struggle of the Ming Dynasty.

For the late Ming Dynasty, party strife is already a disease that goes deep into the bone marrow, as long as it starts, unless one party dies, it never ends, even if the party is dead, the future generations will continue to fight. And now the form of the south is obvious.

The dispute between Tang and Gui began, and it was impossible not to fight for a high level, even if King Tang and King Gui wanted to retreat, the people around him would not let him retreat.

Different logics have different results, in their opinion, if they fall into the Xia army, they may be forgiven, even if they can't be officials in the new dynasty, they may also be released to their hometown, but what will happen in the hands of the other party, but they can't think about it.

This is the preference to die to a thief rather than to the party.

Zhang Xuan's idea is common sense, but the political ecology of the late Ming Dynasty is very reasonable.

However, Hu Tang naturally would not argue with his boss clearly, he immediately agreed, and said: "Xia Guan understands, Xia Guan immediately went to prepare, and went to Liangguang." ”

Zhang Xuan said: "I will ask Ma Sanbao to select capable guards among my personal soldiers to escort Mr. There is no need for me to force what is going on, but I must report the situation to me in a timely manner. ”

Hu Tang said: "Please rest assured. Hu Tang knew what to do. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Also, safety first, it's really not good, just take the safety of Mr. first, Mr. will come back first and then it's not too late, just two corners of the place, sooner or later will be captured." ”

In fact, intelligence work in this era is also very difficult to do. It is necessary to be a wise person, because of the reason of information transmission, the person in the middle cannot contact the rear in time at all, so it is necessary to make a decision on the spot and make the most favorable judgment, and a person who is not a wise person cannot do it.

And Zhang Xuan searched all over the army, was familiar with the inside of the Ming army, and was resourceful. The physical fitness is very good, and it can withstand the long-distance travel, even in case the Ming army finds out the pursuit. There is only Hu Tang. Hu Tang's uncle is Hu Yining, although he was born in Zhusheng, but as a general, Hu Tang is not a scholar who is powerless.