Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande didn't sleep, their sense of smell was very sensitive, because the contact between Nan Zhili and Zhejiang had not been interrupted, and people-to-people exchanges still existed, so the two arranged a large number of spies to investigate intelligence, and they also knew that Su Tiancheng would definitely send someone to investigate Nan Zhili's intelligence.

A few months have passed, Zhu Youxiang's understanding slowly began to change, originally because he was not welcomed by the emperor, as the secretary of the military department, he was sent to Nanzhili to command this battle without much hope, I am afraid it was also an act of carrying a black pot, at that time Zhu Youxiang even thought about it, I am afraid that when he arrived in Nanzhili, the Jiangning battalion led by Su Tiancheng had already occupied a lot of places in Nanzhili, and he didn't expect that Su Tiancheng did not attack, and released so much time to let Qin Sande and the two of them be fully prepared.

Qin Sande's ability was also recognized by Zhu Youxiang, especially when dealing with Zuo Liangyu's affairs, he showed unusual decisiveness, and in the shortest possible time, he controlled the 200,000 army led by Zuo Liangyu, and then also rectified the 200,000 army accordingly.

All this turned into Zhu Youxiang's confidence, he had long forgotten the emperor's suspicion, even if the emperor was suspicious, but as long as he protected Nan Zhili, at least he would not lose the battle, and he would be able to get the emperor's ultimate trust.

The activities of the Jiangning battalion, Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande quickly learned about it, and they began to make emergency deployments.

At present, the biggest problem facing Su Tiancheng is where to attack, whether he will use warships to attack from Yangzhou or even Huai'an, or whether the troops will attack in several ways, and the attack from Huai'an will immediately encounter the threat of Fengyang Mansion. This is the land of Longxing of the Ming Dynasty, there can be no mistakes, the attack launched from Yangzhou, may encounter threats to Fengyang Mansion and Yingtianfu.

But Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande would not think about it so much, they hoped that Su Tiancheng could use the warship to attack, so that the 250,000 troops deployed in Huizhou Mansion and other places. will pour out and pounce on Zhejiang, I believe that it is impossible for Su Tiancheng to abandon Zhejiang and Fujian and other places, and blindly attack Nanzhili, besides, Su Tiancheng's new policies implemented in Fujian and Zhejiang, the two of them also know a lot, officials at all levels of government in Zhejiang and Fujian, these are the forces that Su Tiancheng needs to rely on. It is impossible to discard it easily, and then Su Tiancheng's reputation will also suffer a huge blow.

Therefore, the two believed that Su Tiancheng would still launch an attack by land, on the one hand, he could take a step-by-step approach and slowly occupy all the Fuzhou counties in Nanzhili, and on the other hand, he could also protect Zhejiang and Fujian.

What needs to be known at present is where Su Tiancheng will attack.

But it is unlikely that you will be able to obtain information on this. But we can't wait for the Jiangning camp to set off before making a judgment. At that point, the judgment is completely accurate, and it will have no effect.

After careful and serious deliberation, Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande made a bold decision.

They demanded that all the troops be ready to face the battle, even in the face of the Jiangning battalion, which had an absolute advantage, they would fight to the end. It must not be easy to retreat, or take the initiative to evacuate, once the key direction of Su Tiancheng's attack is clear, the army stationed in the rest of the place will draw at least 100,000 people. In addition, the troops stationed in the rest of the places drew at least 50,000 people to form a trend of internal and external attacks on Su Tiancheng, although it could not guarantee the defeat of the Jiangning battalion, but at least it was necessary to form a sufficient deterrent force to disrupt Su Tiancheng's overall deployment.

There are relatively few sergeants stationed in Suzhou Mansion and Songjiang Mansion, but their combat effectiveness is much stronger, and Qin Sande and Zhu Youxiang are not very anxious, in the process of deployment, they tend to the army led by Huang Dequan and stick to the arrangement of Suzhou Mansion and Songjiang Mansion.

This decision was quickly unified among the two, and they didn't even go to the court, so they began to make specific arrangements, and at this time, time was very precious, just thinking about reporting to the court and waiting for the court's opinion, it was too late, in case the court vetoed this method, it would be even more difficult to arrange.

The messengers kept leaving the city of Nanjing and galloped to Huizhou and other places.

Of course, these news were also constantly reported to Qu Qingze and Su Jun through the official post or other internal lines in Nanjing.

After the army left Yuhang, it suddenly accelerated the pace of the march, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting led the army all the way, towards the direction of Huzhou Mansion, Su Tiancheng, Lu Xiangsheng and Qu Qingze and others, led the army, towards the direction of Anjizhou, the army took a rapid march, the purpose is to carry out the action as quickly as possible, with lightning speed, to launch an attack.

In the process of marching, the hardest thing is the scout, the task of the scout is not only to reconnoiter the situation along the road, they also have to pay attention to the situation of the Ming army stationed in Huizhou Prefecture, Ningguo Mansion and Changzhou Prefecture and Songjiang Prefecture, Guangdezhou Prefecture and Suzhou Prefecture are the top priority, but the rest of the places can definitely not be ignored.

This is going to talk about the situation of Su Tiancheng and Zhu Xianxuan, Hong Chengchou and others secretly discussed, the 140,000 troops were all dispatched, and the result was the emptiness of Zhejiang, the situation in Fujian was slightly better, the army led by Xiong Zijian and Wang Dazhi was guarded in Fujian, enough to resist the invading Ming army, but Zhejiang did not have such conditions, so the Jiangning battalion sergeants stationed in Shandong and Fuzhou, Xuanzhou, Gaizhou and other places, under the condition of absolute secrecy, transferred 20,000 people to Zhejiang, stationed in Yuhang and Lin'an, Prevent the Ming army's attack on Zhejiang. And the people who personally commanded this army were Zhu Xianxuan and Yang Sichang and others.

The two armies were like torrents, heading in the direction of Guangde Mansion and Suzhou Mansion.

During the march, Su Tiancheng's face has always been very serious, he rode forward according to his previous habits, without the slightest speciality, except for some personal soldiers around him, as well as Wu Rong and other four personal guards, he couldn't see any special dress, these people were mixed in the army, and they marched forward without hesitation.

From Yuhang to Anji, there are more than 300 miles, according to the usual marching speed, the army needs at least two to three days to reach the destination, but Su Tiancheng issued an order, one day and one night to rush to Anjizhou, and then spend half a day to rest, and then use another day to break through the Kuling Pass located in Andezhou, which is one of the key places for the Ming army to garrison, and then go straight to the state capital of Andezhou.

That is to say, within three days, the army will begin to attack the state city of Andezhou.

In such a short period of time, even if Qin Sande and Zhu Youxiang were fully prepared, it would be too late to dispatch.

The conquest of the Jiangning battalion has always taken advantage of the advantage of time, because the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion can endure hardships and march quickly, plus most of them are cavalry, so the speed is naturally faster, if it were not for the artillery battalion, Su Tiancheng was far from making such a request, and the distance of about three hundred miles, he gave the time of the entire day at most.

In the interval between the marches, there is a quarter of an hour to eat, the meal is the rice ball that has been prepared for a long time, Su Tiancheng's is the same, in order to ensure sufficient physical strength, each soldier carries a well-cooked lean meat, but the season is still at the end of midsummer, it is impossible to carry a whole day's dry food, otherwise it will be rancid and smelly, and it is impossible to eat.

Su Tiancheng, like the soldiers around him, was swept by the wind and clouds, and ate the rice balls and meat pieces in a few bites.

Taking advantage of this gap, Qu Qingze still came to Su Tiancheng's side.

"Your Highness, my subordinates have just thought about it, Qin Sande has been in the Jiangning camp for many years, and he is familiar with many battles in the Jiangning battalion, especially the battles of attacking Fuzhou and Xuanzhou, that was when Chen Xinjia was defeated in Liaodong, it was because of the wise decision made by His Royal Highness that he forced the Houjin Tartars to withdraw their troops from Liaodong and not continue to attack the Guanning Jin defense line, and his subordinates thought that Qin Sande would definitely use this method to arrange for the Ming army to attack Zhejiang after the Jiangning camp launched an attack."

Lu Xiangsheng, who was beside Su Tiancheng, also nodded.

Lu Xiangsheng has never followed Su Tiancheng's actions like this, and he is not particularly clear about Su Tiancheng's habits, today he finally saw it, Su Tiancheng has no specialization at all, exactly the same as many soldiers, and the speed and posture of eating made him feel surprised and cordial, as His Royal Highness King De, the future emperor can endure the same hardships as soldiers, such an army, who can defeat it.

Su Tiancheng looked at Lu Xiangsheng, meaning to let Lu Xiangsheng express his opinion.

"Your Highness, your subordinates also have such an opinion, but your subordinates think that there is nothing to worry about, the Jiangning battalion will directly attack from the two directions of Guangdezhou and Suzhou Prefecture, after the battle starts, Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande will definitely make corresponding deployments, at least mobilize some sergeants to come to reinforcements, in this way, it is impossible for the Ming army to sneak attack Zhejiang, and the subordinates believe that the faster the speed of this attack, the more brilliant the results achieved, the more hesitant Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande are, Will it be because of the sending of a large army to attack Zhejiang, which will lead to the collapse of Nanzhili, as long as they hesitate, their subordinates think that they will be defeated even worse. ”

A rare smile appeared on Su Tiancheng's face.

"What you said is very good, Qin Sande is very smart, otherwise he would not have become a eunuch in just a few years, but it is a pity that Qin Sande was in the Jiangning camp, he was not able to calm down, all he thought about was how to be promoted, and he didn't learn a lot of military knowledge at all, it's a pity, if Qin Sande calmed down and really mastered some of the essence of the Jiangning camp, he might become our most powerful opponent, I said a long time ago, the bravery of the sergeant is one aspect, But the wisdom of the general is a decisive factor, and an excellent general can turn decay into magic at critical moments. (To be continued......)