The Zheng family army was an independent army and was camped alone. So what was secretly plotted by someone, Chen Yue was at a loss at the moment.

Arranging military affairs, inspecting the barracks, and at the same time paying attention to Chen Jianghe's injuries in Wuhu City, all made Chen Yue haggard.

Fortunately, with Wang Yin and the generals of each battalion performing their duties, the Ming army's position was still impregnable, and it defeated the attacks of the Qing army many times.

"Master Hou, I caught these two captives, and I claimed that they were sent by the chief soldier Zhang Yingxiang." In the evening, another offensive of the Qing troops was thwarted, and Xiao Bing, the battalion commanded by the front line, sent two prisoners.

"Say, what did Zhang Yingxiang send you to do?" Chen Yue looked at these two people quietly, one fat and one thin, both dressed as soldiers in the green battalion.

"Back to the Hou Ye, my family's chief soldier asked me to tell you the next move of the Qing army, Prince Yu Azig felt that Wuhu was in a hurry, and decided to divide his troops to capture the Ming Dynasty. It has been decided that Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, will lead the troops to attack Ningguofu and Guangdezhou, and attack Nanjing from the south. ”

The thin man spoke, but the fat man stood aside and kept silent.

"Oh? You tell me carefully. Chen Yue couldn't help but be moved.

At present, all the Ming troops are gathered in Wuhu, and the nearby Ningguo, Guangde, and Taiping troops are empty, if the Qing soldiers really divide their troops to attack, they will definitely be like a bamboo all the way, causing great damage to the Ming Dynasty. Of course, the hills are scattered everywhere, the rivers are crisscrossed, and it is quite a waste of time to attack by land, and if the back route is cut off, it is very likely to fall into the siege of the Ming army.

The thin man was very eloquent, and told the story of the matter. It turned out that Azig felt that the waterway offensive failed, the riverbank attack was blocked, and decided to open another front, his relatives led the main force here to confront the Ming army, and sent Wu Sangui to lead the army to attack the city and conquer the city, and threaten Nanjing from the south, as long as Wu Sangui can attack the city of Nanjing, it will inevitably make the Ming court shake, Chongzhen will inevitably put pressure on Chen Yue, or transfer Chen Yue back to Nanjing, or order Chen Yue to attack the Qing army camp quickly, and then the opportunity for the Qing army to defeat the Ming army will come.

Based on Chen Yue's understanding of Chongzhen, his character is impatient and suspicious, if the Qing soldiers really attack from the south to the city of Nanjing, this kind of thing is really possible. In history, Chongzhen had more than once urged the generals who led the troops to quickly fight a decisive battle with the enemy, which led to the defeat of the Ming army.

"I know about this, Zhang Yingxiang is doing a good job." Chen Yue nodded and asked the two to step back.

"Yes, Master Hou." The thin man kowtowed goodbye to Chen Yue, and when he raised his head, his eyes blinked quickly at Chen Yue a few times.

"Yokoyama Gong, what do you think?" After the two were taken down, Chen Yue asked Wang Yindao.

Wang Yin also observed the strange movement of the thin man before leaving, and said with a smile: "I have already asked people, this thin man was indeed captured by our army with Zhang Yingxiang last time, but no one recognized the fat man." And if Zhang Yingxiang sent someone to deliver the letter, he would definitely be very secretive, so how could he send two people here. It can be seen that only the thin man of these two people is Zhang Yingxiang's person, and the fat man is just sent to spy on him.

It's hard for Zhang Yingxiang to secretly ask this thin man to secretly remind us that he is really a person with two sides of donkey dung and eggs. ”

"Does Yokoyama think that the Manchu Tartar division is a fake?" Chen Yue asked with a smile.

"It's true and true, it's false, the strategy itself is a good strategy, but the Mantars will definitely not be satisfied with this." Wang Yin said with a smile, "It is indeed a good strategy to divide troops to attack Ningguo, Guangde, and Taiping, and threaten Nanjing from the south, but the problem is that it will inevitably take too long, and Nanjing Jiancheng, even if Wu Sangui's troops are under the city of Nanjing, it is difficult to capture it in a short time, as long as Your Majesty does not urge us, this road division of troops will not play a big role." And the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the Manchu chief must not have the patience to fight such a time-consuming battle.

That's why he told us through Zhang Yingxiang, I'm afraid it was the idea of luring the snake out of the hole. ”

"That's how it should be." Chen Yue nodded.

Let Zhang Yingxiang send someone to tell the news of the troops, lure the Ming army to send a sneak attack to intercept the ambush, and then take the opportunity to defeat the attacking Ming army, weaken the strength of the Ming army in Wuhu, and take the opportunity to take Wuhu. I'm afraid this is Azig's calculation, then, Wu Sangui's army will definitely follow the elite Eight Banners cavalry, just waiting for the Ming army to show up and give Yu Thunder a blow.

And Zhang Yingxiang was coerced by Azig and had to send someone over, and he was worried that Chen Yue would be angry afterwards and would endanger their families, so the thin man secretly reminded Chen Yue.

"What are we going to do in that case?" Chen Yue asked again.

"Now that we know the plan of the Qing army, we can make countermeasures, and it is not impossible to send an army to defeat some or all of the Manchu Tartars. But are you sure you want to do this? Wang Yin asked with a smile.

"Although our army has as many as 140,000, but the Pingnan army is only 60,000, even if the Manchu Tartars only send 20,000 or 30,000 Qing troops to attack, if you want to defeat or even annihilate them, you need at least 50,000 or 60,000 horses. And if we really send so many people, if the Qing army attacks again, I'm afraid it will be difficult to hold Wuhu. ”

Chen Yue thought about it carefully, shook his head and said: "Forget about them beating them, let's just take root in Wuhu, as long as we stay up for another month or two, even if it is hot, we have to take away the heat of the full tartar." ”

Wang Yin nodded approvingly, "This is the safest, but Master Hou, you also have to consider that once the Qing troops are allowed to invade Ningguo, Guangde, and even Yingtianfu, and the troops are under the city of Nanjing, you will be criticized by the imperial court and even the people of Nanjing......

There is a sentence Wang Yin didn't dare to say, Yuan Chonghuan was holding the Ningjin defense line back then, but he let the Houjin soldiers detour through Jizhou and enter the city, and Yuan Chonghuan also died in Huangquan. Of course, Chen Yue's power and status in Chongzhen's heart are far from being comparable to Yuan Chonghuan, but the lessons of the past cannot be guarded against.

When it comes to the civil officials in Nanjing, thinking of the suspicious and suspicious Chongzhen, Chen Yue also feels a pain in his head.

"Since the Marquis has been given full authority to deal with the Manchu army, and His Majesty has not sent civilian officials to supervise the army, it can be seen that he still trusts me." Chen Yue hesitated, remembering the conversation with Chongzhen when he was in Nanjing, although Chongzhen hinted that he had handed over the financial power, Chen Yue could feel Chongzhen's trust and honesty.

"In order to be able to defeat the Manchu Tartars, for the people of the world and the Ming Dynasty, a little suspicion and criticism can still bear it!" Chen Yue said resolutely.

"In this case, please order the Hou Ye to order, Ningguo Guangde should be in the heavens, the walls are clear, and the people are hiding in the city or in the mountains, taking away or burying the freshly harvested grain, and at the same time ordering the cities to be strictly guarded, and not to give the Mantars a chance!" Seeing that Chen Yue had made a decision, Wang Yin was no longer much, and tried his best to check and fill in the gaps.