When entering the official post, Zuo Liangyu did not find anything abnormal, Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande both had smiles on their faces, Ma Shiying and Huang Degong had already entered the official post, Sun Tai was also waiting here, in addition to some other officials in Nanjing, the whole atmosphere looked very harmonious, and there was nothing inappropriate.

As a pure military general, in front of many civil servants, it is impossible to swagger, this is also the habit of the Ming Dynasty, military generals generally have no culture, and even illiterate, including Huang Degong is such a type, even if it is a martial artist, his identity is far inferior to that of Wen Jinshi, suddenly encountered such a scene, Zuo Liangyu, who is good at analysis, instinctively felt that something was wrong, as for what was wrong, he also had to see what would happen next.

Zuo Liangyu's ominous feelings were soon fulfilled.

After everyone arrived, Zhu Youxiang, on behalf of the emperor and the imperial court, first read out the holy decree, which was specially issued to Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande, which was nothing more than that the two of them had the power to arbitrarily and arbitrarily, holding the sword of Shang Fang, and the officials and soldiers who did not obey the command or defected to the enemy could be dealt with directly, and there was no need to ask for the decree.

After kneeling and listening to the holy decree, everyone stood up, but their faces were different, Huang Degong and Sun Tai felt that this was a matter of course, since it was a marshal sent by the emperor, it should have at least majesty, otherwise the soldiers below would not obey the dispatch, how could they fight, not to mention that the opponent was the famous Su Tiancheng.

Ma Shiying didn t have much expression on his face, among all the officials present, his qualifications were the oldest, the Jinshi in the Wanli period, but his official luck was not good, and he had never been able to become a high-ranking official in the capital, for the current situation. He had his own judgment, although the emperor ordered that all the troops of Nanzhili be concentrated and prepare to conquer Su Tiancheng, he knew very well that the army stationed in the capital of Fengyang would never be dispatched. It is the land of Longxing in the Ming Dynasty, and there must not be the slightest mistake, so no matter what Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande say, it has little to do with him, and there is no need to offend people at this time.

Ma Shiying's expression was different, and this holy decree was tantamount to a slap in the face for him, before he was down to business. It is normal to read the holy decree first, but at this extraordinary moment, it is a bit abnormal to ask many generals to come to Nanjing, but not to ask the army to be stationed.

After reading the holy decree, Zhu Youxiang said a few polite words, and then said that everything was for Gonggong Qin to make arrangements.

Qin Sande was not polite. He immediately spoke, and mainly talked about three points. The first point of view, the task of this expedition against Su Tiancheng is very arduous, you must be mentally prepared, I am afraid that this is a difficult and long process, do not think that you can achieve a quick victory, the implication. It's nice to be able to not fail and be on par.

The second point of view is that the significance of this expedition is extraordinary, it is related to the survival of the imperial court, and the emperor and the imperial court are very concerned, so all soldiers must be of one heart and one mind. There must be no two hearts, otherwise it will be severely punished, no matter who is involved, no matter how high the status and how much merit it is, and it is not only the person who is involved, but also the family members will be punished most severely.

The third point of view is that because of the arduous and important nature of the expedition, the command must be unified, and many generals, leading their respective armies, must obey the unified order, and are never allowed to do their own thing, if such a matter occurs, it is equivalent to rebellion, and will suffer the most severe punishment.

Then Qin Sande made specific arrangements, the army led by Lord Ma Shiying, the place where it was stationed was different, Fengyang was the land of Longxing of the Ming Dynasty, and it must be held, so Lord Ma Shiying was directly responsible for holding Fengyang, not to encounter any invasion, the Nanjing Jingying army led by Sun Tai was also to be stationed in Nanjing, as the accompanying capital of the Ming Dynasty, there could be no problems, otherwise it would not be able to explain, after making arrangements for the army led by Ma Shiying and Sun Tai, Qin Sande also said, Even if Su Tiancheng attacked Nanzhili, as long as Nanjing and Fengyang were still there, even if there was no defeat.

As for the main task of the battle, it naturally fell to the army led by Zuo Liangyu and Huang Depower.

Qin Sande pointed to the map on the table and made specific arrangements, the army led by Zuo Liangyu, after entering Nanzhili from Huguang, was stationed in Huizhou Mansion, Ningguo Mansion, Guangde Mansion and Changzhou Mansion, and the army led by Huang Deli was stationed in Suzhou Mansion and Songjiang Mansion respectively, so that several prefectures on the border between Nanzhili and Zhejiang had large armies stationed.

Qin Sande also specifically emphasized that the army stationed in these prefectures must maintain close contact and closely monitor Su Tiancheng's every move, once Su Tiancheng leads the army to invade, the troops stationed in the rest of the places must take the form of division and encirclement, disrupting all Su Tiancheng's deployments.

After the last, Qin Sande looked at everyone and spoke slowly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Lord Zhu and our family are appointed by the emperor and the imperial court, and they feel a great responsibility, so the ugly words are ahead, the army fights, and the most taboo military orders are not passed, this command must be unified, you must act in accordance with the unified deployment, all actions must be handled in accordance with the opinions of Lord Zhu and our family, if there is any adult, act without authorization, don't blame Lord Zhu and our family for being unkind, our family is not willing to offend people, our family is very affectionate to Nanjing, our family has stayed here for many years, Thinking of Su Tiancheng, a traitor, who dared to rebel, and even thought of overthrowing the imperial court, our family was angry, and our family hoped to work together with you to defeat Su Tiancheng and protect the safety of the imperial court. ”

After Qin Sande finished speaking, the room was very quiet.

Zuo Liangyu couldn't help it, he saw that Ma Shiying and Sun Tai would not speak, because their army had not been mobilized at all, how it turned out, Huang Degong was afraid that he would speak, but he would do it in accordance with Qin Sande's requirements, and at that time, he was alone, so he had to do it as required.

Qin Sande's arrangement is obviously to let Huang Degong and the two of him be cannon fodder, and the army is scattered and stationed in Fuzhou County, which is close to Zhejiang, among which the richest Suzhou Mansion is the richest one, so that Huang Degong's army is stationed, and his own army is scattered in four prefectures, these places are not particularly rich places, there is not much oil and water at all, besides, the 200,000 troops are scattered, and each place is about 50,000 people, doesn't this just give Su Tiancheng a chance to break through.

There is also the most critical point, which is also where Zuo Liangyu can find a reason, that is, the sailors of the Jiangning battalion are very strong, who knows if the Jiangning battalion will take a warship, so that they can directly attack Yangzhou Mansion and Huai'an Mansion, and directly threaten Fengyang and other places, there is really such a situation, what should I do.

Starting from his own interests, Zuo Liangyu must speak.

"The arrangement between the adults and the father-in-law, the subordinates think it is very good, but the subordinates have some two difficulties, and they have to say it, otherwise the adults and the guild will think that the subordinates are deliberately making things difficult."

Everyone looked at Zuo Liangyu, and at this time, Zuo Liangyu would not be polite.

"The lord and the father-in-law are all knowledgeable, and the subordinates lead an army of 200,000, but the military salary that the court solves every year, that is, the military salary of 100,000 people, is only half, and the subordinates gritted their teeth and insisted on it over the years, and did not find a trace of trouble for the imperial court, but this expedition is very important, and the soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, if they can't guarantee the food and salary, the subordinates really don't dare to guarantee that the army can carry out the expedition smoothly."

"Secondly, the army is scattered, and the subordinates also feel that something is wrong, if Su Tiancheng adopts various ways to break through, it will be difficult for our army to take care of the head and tail, and secondly, the sailors of the Jiangning battalion are very powerful, if they take a warship and directly attack Yangzhou Mansion and Huai'an Mansion and other places, all the deployments will not be chaotic."

"The subordinates have the courage to raise these questions, it is definitely not a deliberate embarrassment, and I ask for the understanding of my lord and father-in-law."

Qin Sande smiled and quickly answered.

"General Zuo's worries, our family has long thought about it, the salary of this army, our family naturally has to guarantee, this General Zuo can rest assured, it is related to the battle of life and death of the imperial court, no matter what, it must be guaranteed, after the army enters Nanzhili, the military salary will be able to arrive immediately, as for the general is worried about the problem of scattered deployment, our family believes that it is beneficial to disperse the stationing, even if Su Tiancheng attacks a certain place, it will not cause our army to suffer major losses, and the garrisons in the rest of the places, Reinforcements can be reinforced, in case of an unfavorable situation in the war, the army will not completely collapse, Su Tiancheng can't think of this, as for the Jiangning battalion's sailors brave, our family has already thought of it, General Zuo didn't listen carefully, there are large armies waiting in Nanjing and Fengyang, don't worry too much, our family requires the army to be stationed in Huizhou Mansion and other places, but don't just wait, once Su Tiancheng leads the army to take a warship and attack Yangzhou Mansion and Huai'an Mansion, are you just watching in Huizhou Mansion and other placesAt that time, the army directly attacked Zhejiang and destroyed Su Tiancheng's lair, did the general think Su Tiancheng would abandon it. ”

Zuo Liangyu lowered his head, he had nothing to say, he was originally looking for a reason, but he didn't expect Qin Sande to solve these problems easily, it seems that Qin Sande is fully prepared.

The next matter announced by Qin Sande made Zuo Liangyu feel a real crisis.

Qin Sande asked Ma Shiying to return to Fengyang to make all preparations and protect the safety of Fengyang, Sun Tai also went back to prepare, as for Zuo Liangyu and Huang Degong, stay in Nanjing, send people back to convey the order, requiring the army to be drawn immediately, directly stationed in Huizhou Mansion and other places, requiring that within half a month, all deployments will be in place, and then Zuo Liangyu and Huang Degong and others, in accordance with the unified deployment, will enter Huizhou Mansion and Suzhou Mansion and command the army to fight.

This is tantamount to depriving Zuo Liangyu and Huang Degong of the right to command, it is very simple, the grain and grass and military salaries of the army are in the hands of Qin Sande, and they must be obedient, otherwise the 200,000 army will be pulled, and without grain and grass, it will not take three days to make a mess of porridge. (To be continued......)