Cheng Xiaolian didn't have the idea of occupying Ruzhou to watch the play, he brought out nearly a thousand soldiers, and they were basically unharmed, if he stayed in Ruzhou to watch the play, it was really not in line with his character.

Ruzhou is at the junction of Henan Province, Kaifeng Province and Nanyang Province, Cheng Xiaolian coughed when he saw the topographic map: "Mr. Chen, don't hold back, where should we go next?" ”

Chen Chengan said angrily: "We have already made several plans before, do we have to give up." ”

"It was a plan we made in Nanyang Mansion before, and at that time we didn't know what the situation would be facing now, so the plan was inevitably conservative, and now we are facing a new situation, of course, we have to reconsider."

Chen Chengan and Yang Youcai glanced at each other and laughed helplessly: "The previous plan was conservative? General, don't tell me that the plan to attack Henan Mansion is quite conservative, is it possible that you really want to stab Jingshi with a knife? ”

Cheng Xiaolian coughed: "What we thought about before was to disrupt Henan Mansion, so that Rabu would definitely draw out some troops to quell the rebellion, and the pressure on Nanyang Mansion would be less, but now he has pressed all the troops in Henan to Nanyang Mansion, although the Manchu Army's supply of troops is in accordance with the method of layer by layer, but it is impossible for them to transfer the troops of Gyeonggi Heavy Land into Henan, which has caused a certain degree of emptiness in Henan." ”

Yang Youcai glanced at Cheng Xiaolian: "I said general, why didn't I figure out what you wanted to say?" ”

"Let's hang a big bait for Rabu, he won't care about the situation behind him at all, in his heart, even if Henan is lost, as long as he can hold the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he is destined to be able to make a crime, and with our abilities, it is impossible to offend Gyeonggi, he is not another courtier, and he will not worry about the Manchu court suspecting him."

"What does the general mean?"

"We're going to change the way we encircled Wei to save Zhao, obviously we overestimated the status of Henan Province in Rabu's heart, otherwise Ruzhou, which is close to the front line, would never have three hundred defenders left. I heard that he was a young man, and young people probably liked to take all-or-nothing adventures. ”

Chen Chengan finally couldn't help but scratch his head: "After talking for so long, general, don't you really want to go north to attack the Jingshi, right?" ”

Cheng Xiaolian shook his head: "I said it, it's useless for our troops to go to Beijing, and the soldiers and horses in Shaanxi can't move, otherwise the center of gravity of the Manchu Qing Dynasty will shift to us." ”

At this time, Chen Chengan was completely confused: "After talking for so long, what are you going to do, general?" ”

"Rabu may not care how many cities Henan has lost, but he will definitely care about whether the grain and grass of the army can be supplied on time, nearly 100,000 soldiers eat horses and chew even if he brings enough food, he must keep up with the supply in the rear in time, and at the beginning, in order not to let us react, Rabu is a fast march, and the army will not bring too much grain and grass."

Chen Chengan understands what Cheng Xiaolian means, even if these cities have no soldiers and no generals, it will not be able to complete it in a while and a half if they want to capture it, but it doesn't take time to cut off the enemy's grain route, as long as it takes a while to burn the grain and grass, and then it will take a lot of time to prepare the grain and grass, and the army will have to run out of food.

Yang Youcai pouted: "Even if we count the three hundred people who have just been subdued today, they are only in their early 1,300s, and these people go to rob the grain and grass of the army, aren't they serving as live targets for nothing?" ”

Cheng Xiaolian smiled: "Grabbing grain and grass is a method used by rough talents, let's use our brains and try not to conflict with them." ”

Yang Youcai was stunned for a moment: "General, you mean, let's go and deceive the grain and grass?" ”

"Why not, Ruzhou and Nanyang Mansion are bordered, we passed on the order and said that the prince has an order, and the grain and grass will be transported to Ruzhou Mansion as soon as possible, will they doubt it?"

"But we don't have any paperwork for Rab."

"Hmph, King Qi didn't have a holy decree at the beginning, didn't it make it different, let's just make it a little more fine, those people who ate the bear's heart leopard dared to doubt the authenticity of the prince's documents."

Three days later, Li Youtong and Zheng Ze came to Henan Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion respectively: "Spread the will of the prince, prepare the grain and grass quickly, and transport it to Ruzhou. ”

From the bottom of their hearts, the two of them didn't want to take this errand at all, but the whole family was pinching it in the hands of others, and if they didn't take it, they had to take it, but they knew that Lord Tongzhi didn't even survive a chicken because he offended the general.

Of course, they never suspected that this was not a man under the command of the prince, and no one could have imagined that the Ming army would be so bold and dare to send a small force to attack the city when the army was approaching.

Since he took over this errand, he naturally had to do things well, and if this matter was difficult to do, it would be difficult to go through a hand in the middle, even if he took a piece of meat in the middle, he had to be rubbed with oil, not to mention such a big project as grain and grass, but if Ruzhou stretched out his hand, the grain and grass prepared by Henan Prefecture and Kaifeng Mansion would have to be reduced by two percent, so of course the officials in these two places were not willing to go through this procedure, which meant that they had to raise more grain and grass to meet the needs of the army.

Sure enough, Li Youtong was already in trouble, and the governor of Henan Mansion glanced at him: "Our grain and grass will be directly transported to the army in three days, so you won't have to bother." ”

Li Youtong snorted and laughed: "This is not something I don't bother about, and you dare to obey the will of the prince?" Now that it is the rainy season, if the grain and grass arrive in the army, it is inevitable that it will be damp and moldy, what will the soldiers of the three armies eat at that time? Stored in the city, once delivered every day, the army's food and grass will be stable, and the battle will be won, and everyone will be good at that time. If you take care of your own little abacus, the soldiers will not eat well, and if you lose the battle, you will be blamed at that time, but don't blame me for not reminding you. ”

The face of the governor of Henan Mansion has changed a few times, in terms of official position, he is bigger than this Li Youtong, seeing that he is so confident, he has no doubt at all whether this is the will of the prince, according to the thinking of normal people, only crazy people dare to forge the will of the prince.

"It's not impossible to transport grain and grass to Ruzhou Mansion, but can you Ruzhou Mansion ensure that your hands and feet are clean?"

"When the food arrives in Ruzhou Mansion, we naturally have to send people to guard it, patrol day and night, even if it is a little food, it is human nature, presumably the adults will definitely understand us."

"I can afford to eat and chew for a year, but I am afraid that some people will steal and carry the food we have raised to their homes."

"Hehe, on this point, adults can rest assured, since the prince let us Ruzhou do this grain receiving place, naturally he will not let us take care of the grain alone, we can't afford to pay for the loss of food, the prince has already sent people around him, with them by his side, we don't dare to guard and steal."

(End of chapter)