Fan Jingwen saw that Lu Xiangsheng was witty, and the anger in his heart suddenly poured out, and he smiled angrily: "Jiandou really has the style of the sages and ancients of the Wei and Jin dynasties talking about lice!" ”

"Thanks for the praise, however, Lu Xiangsheng is still quite unimpressed with the so-called Wei and Jin styles."

Fan Jingwen: "I wish to hear it." ”

Lu Xiangsheng: "During the Wei and Jin dynasties, life and death were fierce, and the world lamented the impermanence of the world. Therefore, the people at that time liked to talk a lot, and all they wanted was to get comfort in the soul. ”

Fan Jingwen nodded: "That's right, if it were me in that kind of time, I would probably be in love with landscape poetry." The world has been eroded, and it is impossible for people to do it, so they can only see Nanshan leisurely under the east fence of Caiju. Jiandou, you go on. ”

Fan and Lu were officials in the same dynasty and had known each other for many years. This time, they came to the army to suppress the thieves, and they have admired each other for a long time. It's a pity that the military affairs are busy, and there has never been a chance to talk in depth. Feeling that Lu Xiangsheng had something to say, Fan Jingwen condensed his mind.

Lu Xiangsheng: "If you talk about today's state affairs, there are Jiannu outside, and there are cockroaches and dolphins inside, and the five northern provinces have been eroded to the point of being out of control, to put it mildly, it is a sign of the end of the world!" At this moment, what the country needs is not the elegant people who talk about lice, but Xie An, Xie Shi, and Xie Xuan. ”

"Apocalyptic Vision...... Jiandou is alarmist, right? Fan Jingwen was unhappy in his heart, and couldn't help but refute it.

"Mengzhang, think about it carefully. What is the appearance of today's northern provinces, in recent years, the imperial court has repeatedly sent more and more salaries, Liao army salaries, training army salaries, and suppression army salaries, these money and grain have fallen on the heads of the people in the southeastern provinces. Fortunately, there is the southeast and the support of Caoyun, and the state affairs have not yet reached the point of being out of control. But now, the battle is getting bigger and bigger, and the flames of war have burned to Fengyang and Nanjing, haven't you realized that everything is completely different? Lu Xiangsheng still said calmly.

But Fan Jingwen's face became solemn: "As Jiandou said, this battle cannot be lost, otherwise, if the thief army is allowed to take Chuzhou and have a foothold in the southeast, the problem will be serious."

。 ”

Lu Xiangsheng nodded: "If Mengzhang can think like this, Lu Xiangsheng will be relieved." However, in this war, sometimes you have to follow the rules of the soldiers. ”

He said this implicit but not revealing, but Fan Jingwen keenly felt the sharpness in Lu Xiangsheng's words, and his face changed: "Jiandou, is this to blame me Fan Jingwen for holding on to the military power and not losing it, blocking Jiandou's way forward?" ”

In fact, Lu Xiangsheng, as the governor of the five provinces, is the real commander of this army. But after all, this is the territory of Nanzhili, and Lu Xiangsheng came to help this time, but in fact, there are not many troops at hand. It's just 20,000 Tianxiong troops and 3,000 Liaodong soldiers. Fifty thousand of the 70,000 conquest troops are Nanjing's troops, and Fan Jingwen's orders are obeyed, after all, he is the direct boss of the Nanjing Army, and Lu Xiangai can only be promoted to the title of a governor of the five provinces.

Seeing that his generals obeyed his own orders, Fan Jingwen also honestly and unceremoniously commanded in the army.

Strange to say, Lu Xiangsheng didn't say anything, just retreated behind the scenes with peace of mind and let Fan Jingwen do things freely.

Listening to the meaning of his words today, implying that he didn't understand the art of war and commanded indiscriminately, Fan Jingwen was unhappy. He is also a person with a noisy personality, and he can't help but say it bluntly.

Seeing him change color, Lu Xiangsheng didn't expect Fan Shangshu to have such a big reaction, and smiled bitterly: "Mengzhang, you and I have known each other for many years, don't you know Lu Xiangsheng's personality." Now, the most important thing is to exterminate the thief army and stabilize the situation in the southeast. You and I are both ministers of the ministry of food rank and second grade, personal future, driving the former gentleman's grace, what is it to you and me. The southeast is rich in wealth, and it has reached the most critical juncture, and you and I should have been in the same boat to get through this difficulty. The so-called road to progress, but Lu Xiangsheng didn't take it to heart, Mengzhang, you blame me. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Fan Jingwen with sincere eyes.

Fan Jingwen looked at Lu Xiangsheng's clear and transparent eyes, but he felt ashamed in his heart. I also remembered that he was the governor of the five southern provinces, but since he joined forces with the Nanjing army, he handed over all the military power to himself and retreated into the background, in order to unite the sergeants of the army. Is it possible to change it to yourself?

Feeling ashamed in his heart, Fan Jingwen stood up and took a long look: "Jiandou is a public heart, compared with you, Fan is ashamed, ashamed!" Jiandou has been in battle for a long time, how to fight this battle, please take a charter out. ”

Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly helped him up and said, "Those who are in the world, the people in the world are in the world."

。 This army belongs to the imperial court, and it does not belong to me Lu Xiangsheng alone, as long as I can exterminate the thieves and hold Chuzhou, what does it matter who will be the commander. （）”

In fact, he can also see that Fan Jingwen is extremely enthusiastic about fame.

The Ming Dynasty was divided into two capitals, the north and the south, each with a complete set of government agencies on each side, and the same set of six departments. But everyone in the officialdom knows that Nanjing is also a place for retirement, and the ministers there have no power at all.

This Fan Shangshu is good for everything else, but he loves power too much. This time the thief army attacked Chuzhou, and Fan Jingwen firmly grasped all the military power in his hands as soon as he came, thinking that through the merits of this battle, he would return to the center of the political decision-making level.

More than half of the army are soldiers from Nanjing, and Fan Jingwen is responsible for all the food and straw supplies for the troops. If there is an internal fight with him because of this matter, this battle will not wait for the battle to start, and the Ming Dynasty will already lose first.

Lu Xiangsheng has a light view of fame, and he doesn't want to split the military because of the power struggle. simply handed over all the military power to Fan Jingwen, but he took on the role of staff officer in military affairs.

"Actually, there was no big problem with Mengzhang's previous arrangement, that is, to hold the key points, fight steadily, and use the advantages of city defense and logistics supply to wear down the morale and fighting spirit of the thief army. The thief army comes and goes, and it is not good at management, and it is a daily food for soldiers, which is good for quick attack and not conducive to long-term war. Mengzhang's tactics are upright and the most suitable. ”

Hearing Lu Xiangsheng say this, Fan Jingwen felt relieved in his heart, and couldn't help laughing: "Jiandou praised it." ”

"But ......," Lu Xiangsheng frowned slightly.

Fan Jingwen: "Jiandou said." ”

Lu Xiangsheng: "A righteous teacher, steady and steady is the royal road of the strong against the rabble." However, to be honest, the combat effectiveness of our army is not as strong as you and I think. Moreover, after the Fengyang Incident, although the imperial army surrounded and suppressed on all sides, it did not hurt the fur of the thief army. For a year, our army has attacked from all sides, but it has not fought a single good battle. And the soldiers all left their hometowns to fight in Nanzhili, but the morale was not successful. As for what the armies in the guards in Nanjing are like, Mengzhang, as the secretary of the military department, must know better than me. ”

Fan Jingwen nodded and sighed: "The guards will not succeed, this unprecedented battle, in fact, I didn't count on them."

。 In the final analysis, it has to be fought by the Tianxiong army of Jiandou and the Guan Ning soldiers of Zu Kuan. However, Jiandou Fang said that the two troops had been on the expedition for more than a year, and they were homesick and demoralized. I'm afraid this battle will not be easy to fight. ”

"So, we need a win to motivate the soldiers."

"Even if this victory is a risk?" Fan Jingwen's heart was bright, and he couldn't help but say this.

Lu Xiangsheng nodded: "Mengzhang can see this, but it is the best. The soldiers can be drummed but not soaked, the war is imminent, and the thieves are powerful, claiming to be 300,000. If the soldier is not afraid, it is also a lie. Sun Yuan's victory came at a timely time, and even if it was fake, it was enough to be exciting. But now, we want to punish him for the crime of taking meritorious service, and will not it be a blow to the morale of all armies to gain merit on the battlefield? ”

Fan Jingwen: "Jiandou's words are reasonable, but Sun Yuan's villain is really hateful. ”

Lu Xiangsheng stretched out his hand and grabbed it vigorously on his body, and said with a smile: "The army likes to exaggerate when reporting meritorious deeds, and I don't feel surprised when I see a lot." Sun Yuan reported five thousand beheadings this time, which is about one or two hundred according to the usual practice. If this battle is true, it is estimated that the number of thieves attacking is only a few thousand, and most of them are homeless and old and weak. The thief army has always had the habit of driving away the coerced people as the frontrunner, while the elite hid behind to pick the advantage. It is not difficult to crush a rabble of thieves with tens of thousands of people. ”

Fan Jingwen spread his hands: "But what about the head, why didn't you even send one." It is estimated that those displaced people who were driven by the thief army were really unbearable, and they were all women, children and children, presumably Sun Yuan's villain couldn't take it. ”

He was angry: "The reason why Sun Yuan did this thousand households is said to be Yang Ze's sue, what good people can there be under the eunuchs?" He is now fighting with Zhu Xuanshui, a thousand households in Jinyi, and he is a villain. The thought of giving credit to such a traitor is really infuriating. ”

Lu Xiangsheng laughed: "We need his credit to boost morale, and it doesn't hurt to take credit." I didn't make it clear before, but I will write down his merits first, and then report it to the court for reward when this service is over. For defeating the thief army, Lu Xiangsheng is still a little confident. When the time comes, what credit Sun Yuan took will be. It's completely negligible! ”

As a battlefield veteran, no one knows better than Lu Xiangsheng what morale means for an army and for an upcoming big war.

In the era of cold weapons, what was worn out was organizational ability and morale.

Regardless of whether the victory sent by Sun Yuan is true or not, for the sake of morale, even if he is a ball of shit, he has to pinch his nose and admit it

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"Does Jiandou have the confidence to exterminate the thief army?" Fan Jingwen was overjoyed.

"Whoever says clearly what is going on the battlefield just do their best. The so-called decisive battle is a bet, and you can fight it if you have a seventy percent chance of winning. ”

"Seventy percent, that's pretty good."

Lu Xiangsheng: "Okay, Mengzhang, if nothing happens, within three or five days at most, the main force of the thief army will contact our army, let's hurry up and move the camp to Chuzhou." ”

"Indeed."

What is the identity of the two, one is the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, the minister of the second grade; One is the supervisor who controls the soldiers and horses of the five southern provinces with the title of Shangshu, and he is a first-class figure in the world, and the little Sun Yuan can't get into their eyes.

In my heart, I also felt that Sun Yuan's so-called Qingliuguan victory this time was just afraid that he didn't want to be so exaggerated as he said in the good news, maybe the battle was fought, but the enemy was not estimated to be much. No, this battle didn't happen at all, Sun Yuan just killed a group of homeless people.

The military affairs were busy, and the two soon left Sun Yuan, a small thousand households, behind.

Soon, the army set off and stationed in Chuzhou.

This time, Lu and Fan had the intention of annihilating the main force of the peasant army, so they naturally refused to stay in the city and defend it. If you want to break the trouble of the thief army in the southeast, you have to rely on field warfare.

If they hide in the city, once the enemy finds that they cannot capture the fortified city, whether it is to Yangzhou in the east, Fengyang and Xuzhou in the north, or to threaten Nanjing in the south, with their way of fighting like the wind, the entire southeast will be eroded to the point of being out of control.

When that day came, Chuzhou was saved, but the southeast half of the wall was rotten, and the Ming Dynasty was going to lose in the entire strategy.

After two days, the army arrived in Chuzhou and was stationed at various military points outside the city.

The Ming army formed three large villages, and Lu Xiangsheng's Xiong army was stationed in front of the city; Zukuan's Guanning Army served as a general reserve at Dagunling in the north; Fan Jingwen took the Nanjing Weisho army to form the official road between Qingliuguan and Chuzhou, he had the strongest military strength and the best supply along the way, vaguely having the posture of the old battalion of the main force of the Ming Dynasty.

Seventy or eighty thousand men lined up, looking at the posture to fight a tough battle with the peasant army.

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